Swift produce a small foliage but I started to chit mine about 2 weeks ago and they have chits about 5mm long on them. As long as there is the sign of a chit then you should be ok. Mine are in a small room with a good source of sunlight and the temperature is above 10 degrees celsius just because I ...

Oldherbaceous you are right the demand for seed potatoes has gone throught the roof but sales of eating potatoes have fell drastically. Glallotments you are correct that potatoes that suit one person will not suit another and the area they grow in can determine many factors such as taste and yield. ...

Here is a picture of the Ulster Classic I grew in one of the green bags. I think the fertilizer I used helped alot and I tended not to give them too much water but tried to have the compost moist. The mix I use is 100litres of compost. 16oz of Vitax Q4 and 12oz of calcified seaweed. I use this mix f...

Primrose I would only put 2/3 potatoes per bag. It is a case of less is more. I tried using old manure but I found it compacted around the potatoes and they just rotted. The best results I found were to use just general purpose compost and quite alot of granular fertilizer as the containers allow al...

Rocketron you fairly get about. Regarding the info about what potatoes suit certain soils. I do have one or two varieties that say they do not suit heavy soil but really it is not a question that I am asked very often. Desiree do not like heavy soil. I could make up a search on my site for potatoes ...

Afternoon Tattieman, something i was just wondering, if you have any thoughts on. I dont know what type of soil you grow your potatoes on, but i was wondering if you think certain varieties of potatoes do better on certain types of land. As the land round here is fairly heavy, an old gardener once ...

We have a special fertilizer programme for each field so that we just use the correct amount of NPK. In my garden I use a product called Q4 which is a well balanced product for the job. I am still waiting to see the article. I go to the shop every morning and its not in so I just walk straight back ...

The women all got replaced with machines
People just were not prepared to do physical labour anymore so now 10 men do the work of 150.

Hello everyone I am new on here.
If anyone needs help with any potato problems then hopefully I can help you. You can read all about what I do in the March issue of Kitchen Garden magazine