Friday 7 July 2017

Potatoes - roundup

Pulled some potatoes which had been decimated by the weather back in May, and all things being equal the harvest is pretty poor - Charlotte (3 tubers)
and Rocket (2 tubers)
In terms of the success or otherwise of the experiment, it's hard to say as the frost really caused problems, so next year will try planting the potatoes much later (if at all. ) Was it a good idea growing potatoes in bags?

The supermarket carrier bags were pretty unsuccessful - they were probably destroyed by the ultraviolet, as was the IKEA blue bag (it all fell to pieces when I tried to move it.) The proper potato bags survived much better, as you would hope, but the harvest was no different. End game? Probably better off growing them in the ground.

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