The best potatoes ever!
I have just harvested the first of my potatoes and I have to say they are the best variety I’ve ever grown! The variety? Pink Fir Apple. This is a…
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Growing potatoes in a small space
Even if you don’t have much space, you can still get a really good crop of spuds. All you need is a deep container that you can pop in a…
Choose your potatoes…
Choosing the right seed potatoes is a task not to be overlooked…if you prefer eating mashed potatoes and roasties, then you’d be sorely disappointed to dig up small new potatoes…
A No-Dig Potatoes Experiment
Ok, I’m quite excited about this…I’m growing no-dig potatoes! What does this mean? Basically, that I’m not digging over the soil before planting my seed potatoes. The reasons for growing…
Growing potatoes for the first time?
Seed potatoes are traditionally planted on Good Friday, but you actually have a much bigger planting window than that! Seed potatoes can be planted anytime from March to July really,…
Check for rogue potatoes
With quite a mild autumn you may find that some surprise plants shoot up where you were growing potatoes this summer. You may decide to let them grow, but have…
Harvesting Maincrop Potatoes
Autumn is when you can start to dig up your maincrop potatoes. You’ll know the time is right when the leaves of the plants turn yellow and start to die…
A word on chitting potatoes
When your seed potatoes arrive, it’s a good idea to chit them. This basically means encouraging them to sprout shoots before you plant them in the ground so that they…