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Now she's just poking fun at me !

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Lardman

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Now she's just poking fun at me !
« on: July 25, 2012, 18:03 »
Since I moved here I've tried to grow a decent spud, spuds in bags, spuds in tubs, spuds in soil all an epic failure. This year I couldn't be bothered.

Since none of my beans germinated the bean bed has been empty amongst the knee high weeds I noticed a volunteer which I've just pulled out with a mind to sowing some green manure.

Note the complete and utter lack of scab too !
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 18:30 »
Better late than never?

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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 18:31 »
wow! what a nice surprise :lol:
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 18:44 »
Burp ... All gone - well they were nice !

Either after 5 years of conditioning my soil is finally good enough to grow spuds in, or as Im more inclined to believe its Mother Nature way of reminding me I have brown thumbs and she doesn't.   ::)

They looked and tasted like Charlotte's to me, which I think I remember putting in there last year when nothing grew.

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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2012, 21:08 »
The Unsown Hero!  :happy:
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 08:41 »
Nice little crop there  :D
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 10:48 »
A nice little gift!

Having pulled up my entire crop due to blight last week, I was amazed to find a blight free volunteer plant hiding behind the water butt on my plot yesterday - it just amazed me!  I am unsure whether I will have much luck harvesting it though because the tuber must be sitting under the greenhouse  :(
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2012, 14:57 »
When I took over my little lottie the compost bin was full of soil - got potatoes doing really well in there - no idea what type etc but hey free food!
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2012, 01:33 »
Six spud bags lovingly earthed up to the top growing Juliette, Anya, Harmony and Maris Piper and I had to empty them all due to blight.
I suppose I was lucky to get anything.....about 5lb altogether but there were masses of teeny ones so if they'd been left I may well have had a reasonable crop.
I have no success with spuds too.
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Re: Now she's just poking fun at me !
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2012, 06:45 »
I'm going mega on the articokes they don't give me wind and i like them nearly 5 foot high and oca once I 've mutilplyed them enough to eat. Might try a few earlys to fill in the gap next year.
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