[paul2004]

would this be worth doing or would i be better of in barrels.Raised beds are 11ft x 5ft.

[muntjac]

if you have that space plant them 18 inch apart in rows 18 inch apart  

[WG.]

I'd be tempted to plant a row right along the South edge of a bed / beds.  That way, they will tend to spread out over the path and consume less space in the bed itself.

[piskieinboots]

talking of spuds.....

Can you buy seed potatoes in small quantities? I've only ever seen them in sacks of, say, 3kg.  What if you only want to plant 3 or 6 or erm whatever?

[muntjac]

you may be able to split a sack /bag with one of your pals on the plots peskie . or buy a bag n do some swaps

[Trillium]

Potatoes will grow anywhere but it's a matter of depth. Not so much downward, as what is upward so they can have soil/whatever pulled over them during growing season. This year I'm putting some into a sort of raised bed. The soil below is hardpan with clay above. I've just added masses of shredded leaves and chicken poop, and still more leaves between rotovating the clay. It's of nicer substance now but still not particularly deep, so I plan to add still more masses of still decaying leaf mold to 'hill up' the growing spuds which like to peek out of the soil and go green otherwise. The growth depth is there so I have to add hilling 'depth'.

[muntjac]

you can just grow them under black plastic sheeting  

[gobs]

I can pass you on some spares, Pisky, no problem.

[piskieinboots]

aww cheers gobs  

I'll have to find some pals muntjac  

[muntjac]

aww cheers gobs  

I'll have to find some pals muntjac  

  smile and ur sorted  

[DellDGM]

With the potatoes I just planted some old store bought potatos that has started sending out shoots - will these work - I have got little plants
 When covering them do you just smoosh the dirt up around the plant or do you cover the whole plant under the dirt or soil or whatever? I was going to post a picture but I can't work out how to upload them to the image gallery - oh well

[WG.]

See Announcement in Welcome Thread for instructions Dell

[DellDGM]

I previously wrote

With the potatoes I just planted some old store bought potatos that has started sending out shoots - will these work - I have got little plants
When covering them do you just smoosh the dirt up around the plant or do you cover the whole plant under the dirt or soil or whatever? I was going to post a picture but I can't work out how to upload them to the image gallery - oh well

here's the picture

[muntjac]

it dos werk matey ,,, just water them well ,, i did that a few times for my grand daughter ,she grows rocks off the beach    

[DellDGM]

do you just smoosh the dirt up around the plant or do you cover the whole plant under the dirt or soil or whatever?