My first attempt at growing spuds...

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My first attempt at growing spuds...
« on: August 24, 2011, 23:01 »
My first attempt at growing spuds...  ;D  Estima and Desiree.. planted mid to end April... all foilage died off so dug them up today..  65kg from 5 rows about 3 mt long.. Put in Manure as I was ignorant on the growing of spuds... they had lots of foilage and think I could have had more spuds had I planted earlier..
Now a member of the 10 Ton club.... 2013  harvested 588 Kg from 165 sq mt..

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2011, 04:13 »
Nice haul there!!!! :D :D

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2011, 06:18 »
wow they'll keep you fed for a while, well done  :D
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2011, 06:19 »
Well done!  :D
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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2011, 06:22 »
That's a good result.

I don't think you'd have done better by planting earlier, you might have lost the lot with frost!
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2011, 09:15 »
Agreed. Just sometimes I think it's better to wait a week or two for the ground temperature to rise a little bit. They seem to get away a bit quicker.

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2011, 12:01 »
lovely job for a 1st attempt....I bet you a penny you made the whoohooooo sound when you saw the first few coming up.  :lol:
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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2011, 12:06 »
Of course it's not worth growing your own spuds.

So some members will tell you.  :lol:

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2011, 13:29 »
Of course it's not worth growing your own spuds.

So some members will tell you.  :lol:

65Kgs is roughly 3 sack, (based on last years price) £24 worth. Which is roughly £3/m2 return.

It all depends on how you measure "worth"  :D

Not to detract from the OP's haul of what look to be very nicely sized, clean spuds - which I am not jealous of, no not in the slightest, not one bit, not even one iota - honest gov.   :nowink:

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2011, 14:21 »
Thanks for the kind words and hope you ARE jealous Lardman..  :tongue2:

I am amazed at how easy spuds are... maybe beginners luck but really all it takes is a bit manual to dig, plant, ridge and dig up again... I am so pleased..  I had a 2 acre veg "patch" back in Zimbabwe and never grew them... people always used to say they were blighters to grow... excuse the pun!!

I also dug some from my rooftop tubs... no, I mean emptied out and had some real beauties.. Now I have another small gardenshare with a few more plants not visited for a week or so and will dig them soon..  Will keep you posted..


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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2011, 15:19 »
The day I think it's not worth growing spuds will probably be the day I give up GYO full stop.

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Re: My first attempt at growing spuds...
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2011, 16:54 »
very jealous here! :tongue2:

Not enough manure before planting, though the soil looked great.  Very small yield this year and it's my first time growing spuds, too!  They may be small in number but they sure do taste good, so not complaining too much   ;) >:(

Well done you!  Daren't show pics to my OH, he'll go mad! :ohmy:


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