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MY FIRST POTATO CROP

07 July 2010 16:33:15
sharpes express

sharpes express

my first harvest of sharpes express, i was happy enough, alittle bit small but nice all the same. i will have to sow alot more spuds for next year.


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Jacinta Jacinta 07 July 2010 17:03:28

Looks good enough, Kitty. Mine were a disaster this year. Well done you.


kitty kitty 07 July 2010 17:04:04

what happened jacinta


Jacinta Jacinta 07 July 2010 17:07:05

I thought I was lifting them too early. The foliage was all yellow and dying back. So I rooted down into the bag, and the seed potatoes were just gunk. Rotten. Got a few alright. But once I saw a couple of rotten ones, I just threw the lot out. But I have one more variety in the ground and they are looking great so far. These were a bag of spuds that had started to sprout in the kitchen. So I just threw them down into the ground. And hey presto. But the weekends winds has broken a lot of the stems, and now they are beginning to go slightly yellow. So, I don 't know.....


chilipepper chilipepper 07 July 2010 17:50:55

Well done Kitty, enjoy them......


fran m fran m 07 July 2010 19:36:38

They look great.


Clara Clara 07 July 2010 22:10:07

They look great and enjoy them. When is the time to take them up????


LNolan LNolan 07 July 2010 22:54:12

Well done Kitty. There's nothing wrong with them at all. they look fine.


kitty kitty 07 July 2010 23:19:22

They say when the flowers are faded but i have started to use mine


Johnplotman Johnplotman 09 July 2010 08:02:20

What we say here Kitty when something has grown well is the word Bingo.I say that to you with such a great crop.Well done.







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