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fletcherbaker

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« on: April 15, 2010, 20:48 »
Hi all iv kindly been given some sarpo axona spuds off a very kind forum member im planning to put these into potato grow bags but how many would you place into the bags!!
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2010, 20:53 »
Depends how big the bags are, Id use axpromitley 3
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Re: Main spuds
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 20:58 »
Think they can hold 60liters of compost :D
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Re: Main spuds
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 21:01 »
Also depends on how big you want them
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2010, 21:14 »
Advice I got from Iain (40ltr planters) "Just put 2/3 potatoes per potato planter otherwise you just get tiddlers." ... guessing he knows his stuff ;)

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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2010, 22:49 »
Quote from: Yabba on April 15, 2010, 21:14
Advice I got from Iain (40ltr planters) "Just put 2/3 potatoes per potato planter otherwise you just get tiddlers." ... guessing he knows his stuff ;)

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3 sounds about right,but you can pick the little ones first and leave the others to grow on.
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Re: Main spuds
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2010, 10:05 »
Might try this potato bag thing - what sort of compost do you use, and what feed?
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2010, 11:03 »
I use a mixture of ordinary soil and general compost, keep start with about 6 inches in the bag and keep topping it up as the green tops shows through.
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