which crops for shady bed?

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heygrow

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which crops for shady bed?
« on: January 18, 2014, 20:34 »
I have an area between my raspberries and compost that I was planning on planting new potatoes.  However I think it may be too much in the shade as it has a fence on the south side and does not get much sun.
What will grow well in shade or will the pots be ok there?

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gavinjconway

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Re: which crops for shady bed?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2014, 21:34 »
Maybe some currants - they can take quite a lot of shade.
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Re: which crops for shady bed?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2014, 23:20 »
I was thinking more about veg. Do you think the potatoes would grow ok in this shade? I thought I could then grow Kale after them.
what do you think?
« Last Edit: January 18, 2014, 23:21 by heygrow »

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m1ckz

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Re: which crops for shady bed?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2014, 07:43 »
i have a shady part..put potatoes there last year..they did ok just a week or so behind the rest

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Re: which crops for shady bed?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2014, 12:10 »
Before I got my veg garden together, I literally bunged in some caulis under an old appple tree and they did really well. One end of my veg area is in partial shade most of the year and I now tend to plant caulis, calabrese and anything else like that which tends to "blow" in full sun. Apart from peas, beans etc which flower, I would try anything depending on your available space.
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