Hello, my earlies are almost ready now, and I'd like to try and stop the area where they are from filling up with weeds, as growing the spuds there has really helped to keep them down (area previously gone to weeds due to lack of time!) Can you please suggest soemthing to follow the potaoes with, as I've never managed to do this successfully yet, even after 13 years of growing!!
in anticipation, retropants! thankyooooooo!
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I have followed with all sorts if things such as leeks, late peas, salad crops (Lettuce, beetroot, etc.), etc.
A green manure might also be an option.
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A green manure might also be an option.
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thankyou chaps, the green manure sounds like a good start!
As soon as ground comes available fill it with something useful!! Pumpkins, squashes, leeks, french beans, brassicas, row of quick maturing carrots, beetroot - there are so many options! Don't leave it empty.I also mulch with lawn cuttings round some things such as corn to keep down the weeds and keep the hoe running through other ground.
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for alll of those suggestions! pumpkins is also a great idea, something that can deal co-habiting with a bit of couch and bindweed when it becomes rampant!
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Having read this thread earlier, I intended to grow some leeks in the space vacated by the early spuds. However, the seed packets I've read seem to suggest that it's too late to sow leeks - am I being dense or just looking at the wrong varieties?
I mostly sow leeks in late April in pots, so that seedlings are ready to go in to the spud patch about now.
Might you be able to pick some up from your local market? Here they sell them at 70p for a roll of a dozen or so in wet newspaper
Might you be able to pick some up from your local market? Here they sell them at 70p for a roll of a dozen or so in wet newspaper