Potato seed can be planted in ten easy steps, after marking out the plot. Chitted seed is sometimes used.
10 steps to Plant Potato Seed:
1. Early potato seed is planted at a distance of 30cm between the seed
Main crop potato seed is planted at a distance of 40cm between the seed Read More »
It is worth spending a little time to mark out the potato patch, before planting seed potatoes.
1. assemble tools - rake, canes, string, tape measure.
2. remove the cover from the bed to reveal dry soil Read More »
Potato seed is always ready to plant - but it should not be planted until the weather and soil conditions are favourable.
Potato seed is often chitted, so that it has started to grow before it is put in the ground. Read More »
Initial infections are caused by fungal spores which infect the young leaves of the recently emerged crop to form phoma leaf lesions. Read More »
biological control broccoli diseaseBush type (trailing) tomatoes generally grow 30 – 40cm tall and about 60cm wide.
Tumbling tomatoes can be grown in: Read More »
The Brussels sprout stalks have been stripped of their sprouts, but the tiny sprouts at the top of the stalk are starting to ‘blow’ and produce flowering shoots.
The photo Read More »
It is often suggested that potatoes are the best vegetable for a new garden.
Potatoes produce a mass of leaves which compete with all the weeds
The dense canopy of potato leaves shade all low growing weeds
Potatoes are strong plants, and if they are fed well, the potatoes will grow vigorously, making it difficult for weeds to develop and at the same time, improving the soil.
Many gardens are hampered by wind which blows across the vegetables drying them out and slowing down growth, and a windbreak or hedge will provide protection.
Planting a barrier at the nearest point to the prevailing wind will provide shelter. If that barrier is a living hedge producing a crop, that is a bonus. Read More »
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