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I want to grow potatoes and vegetables organically, whats the best way to do this and how do you fight potato blight with out using chemicals.
Is growing potatoes in barrells or bags a success and less streneous. Where can I obtain barrells or bags at reasonable price.
What type of spray can i use for weeds on potatoes planted about 3 weeks not up yet. I have 1/4 of an acre of them
I have been growing potatoes in this garden since 1978. I have got good tields for some time but recently the yield is down a lot. I have found that the stalks wilt at a time when the the potatoes would normally be good. I have rotated them every year and have sprayed them with Dithane at times when Met Eireann told us that there would be danger of blight.A friend of mine said that it could be virus desease and so I have frequently got new certified potato seed. Could you help me here?
which is the best layout when sowing potatoes - ridges or drills and why?
What yield do you get out of one potato haulm?
What is a good fertiliser for potatoes apart from farmyard manure?
An unusual problem. My cat has urinated on my seed potatoes. I have put them out in the air to dry. Is that ok or will I need to buy new seed potatoes?
I have early potatoes sprouting for the last three weeks. Is it to early to plant them due to the current cold weather
Am looking for some old fashioned seed potatoes, any suggestions?
We are going to be away for the months of June and July. Is there any point in planting early potatoes. What variety potato and time should we plant to have potatoes when we come back in August?
I grew four varieties of potatoes this year-sarpo mira
I put down a good few potatoes this year for myself and the rest of the family, about 550 metres of drills. It is completely planted with Roosters and they are excellent to eat. They got the blight after 4 months despite intensive spraying with Dithane and I was advised by a gent in Teagasc to cut the stalks at about 5cm to prevent th blight entering the tuber, which I immediately did.I have been lifting them and eating them since about the start of August.Most of them are still in the ground in he original drills. I have sprayed and killed off any growth with Roundup so the drills are clean.How long more can I leave them in the ground as they are? Is this a problem at all in terms of storing them and lifting them as I need them with a view to having them all out by the beginning of January?
I have been told that RATTE potatoes are very very good. Where can I purchase some RATTE seed potatoes.
I'm a first time veg gardener and was wondering how long I have to keep spraying my potatoes with Dithane? There is some blight in the crop but I've been removing those plants as far as possible. Will the healthier plants give me bigger potatoes if I keep spraying? I've been getting conflicting advice from people at the allotment some of whom have only sprayed three times over the summer.
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