Spuds in buckets

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Benny130

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Spuds in buckets
« on: June 04, 2015, 19:07 »


I put a couple of leftover seeds in these flower buckets and continued to earth up but they have gone mad!

Anything extra I can do to get a crop??

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hamstergbert

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Re: Spuds in buckets
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2015, 19:22 »
just keep 'em properly watered!

(Best to use multi-purpose compost with just a very scant addition of chicken poo - good yield and by not  including soil, really clean and un-pested potatoes)

When the foliage dies down naturally, let it do so then shift the whole bucket(s) into somewhere dry and allow it to sit there drying out.   Come a few days before the winter festival thingie, knock the pots out and see whether you have enough to do for the roasties.   
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Re: Spuds in buckets
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2015, 19:58 »
Should have mentioned they are Lady Christl and went in about 8 weeks ago

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Re: Spuds in buckets
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2015, 12:38 »
I'd give them another 4-6 weeks then tip them out.  You should get some lovely new potatoes.  Any feed should be low nitrogen like a tomato fertiliser.  Remember to keep the compost moist, not too wet and not too dry.


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