[washsaint]

yippeee.....until I dug up 4 plants and got about 14 potatoes!

Booo - each plant seems to be yielding 1 large spud and 2 little ones!

Any ideas on waht I have done wrong?

[gobs]

Digging too early? What sort is it?

[washsaint]

arran pilot first earlies.

The large spuds are the right size (chicken egg size).

[gobs]

They should crop better, give them a week or so.

[washsaint]

thanks for the advice.

[crackedflowerpots]

we dug up an aron pilot this week had 2 potatoes on it and no sign of baby potatoes waiting to grow (  :roll:  blooming 99p shop) but we are leaving them for at least another 2 or 3 weeks to see what happens  how does that song go? :?  "coz She's got high hopes, pie in the sky hopes ":cry:

[richyrich7]

Feed 'em  

[chicken soup]

I just dug up some of my charlotte potatos and got approx ten spuds per plant and a reasonable size too so I am a very happy girl tonight, as they are the first crop off my newly acquired allotment.  Hubby has had some radishes and the odd strawberry but this will be our first proper harvest for all the family.  

[mfconway]

feed them!  what with?  growing pots for first time didn't know to feed them

[crackedflowerpots]

Feed 'em  

they dont feed us so why should we feed them! :chef:

[gobs]

They are a rather hungry crop, if ground wasn't well enriched for them, the crop can stay little as Richy suggests, I'd recommend earthing up with well rotted manure or rich compost as slow release fertilisers are unlikely to make much difference at this stage, especially for earlies.

[richyrich7]

I agree with Gob's, you could try a foliar feed like miracle gro that should help.

The soil on my plots is pretty poor so I tend to use foliar feeds if things look iffy, as a general rule tho' I use grow more or Blood fish bone, chicken manure pellets. Transporting bulky manure's can create a problem for a lot of us plot holders so I'm trying out green manures certainly lighter than muck  and according to HDRA they are a effective replacement.

[Yorkie]

I seem to have acquired growmore, fish blood bone, and pelleted chicken poo.

I can't work out which one to use when / where (organic isn't an issue for me).

Help!

[growmore]

Just dug up my first early  today . International kidney ( commonly known as Jersey Royal). 1 plant - 15 nicely formed small to medium sized spuds. Had some for tea tonight - yummmmmm!  Looking forward to many more. Fed with comfrey tea -I swear by it.

[richyrich7]

I seem to have acquired growmore, fish blood bone, and pelleted chicken poo.

I can't work out which one to use when / where (organic isn't an issue for me).

Help!

There should be instructions on the boxes, FBB is a good slow release fertiliser great for fruit or anything thats sitting around for a long while, I'd use growmore on spuds, etc pelleted poo the same it's all good stuff in it's own right the pelleted poo will actually add a little organic mater to the soil the rest won't. Feed most things but not root crops except potatoes which are a hungry crop. Hoe it in lightly and water well if it don't rain after a day or 2.