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Potatoes(Queens) have been very small this year. some stalks have very little under them. need to dig a few stalks for dinner. potatoes are lovely and floury. 2nd year growing spuds here. put in farmyard manure before setting, then after few weeks added organic fertiliser. trying to use as little chemicals as possible. any suggestions for next year?
My neighbour's potatoes have been attacked by wireworm over the last couple of seasons and he has been told that growing mustard seed and ploughing it into the ground would get rid of them.He is keen to try it but would like more information before he does,also is mustard seed available in Ireland and are there many different types?
my sharps express potatoes are starting to turn green after two weeks in storage. they are in a dark house with little light and some are covered but they are also turning green. They are seed that I kept from last year.
I have a small allotment and I think I have blight .There are some good people on the site but all have different ideas one says yes another says no is there some place I can send a sample to confirm if I have same.
Surely by now someone has invented an efficient tool to dig up potatoes without damaging them? I feel so disappointed when I accidentally slice or prong a spud when I'm digging them up. Do you have any ideas re: a non-damaging way to dig up spuds? This question refers to small scale potato production in the vegetable garden....not mass production.
It is called that around these areas, but it enters the spud and eats it way thru. It can devestate a crop in no time. Tell tale signs is a hole in the spud and its hollowed out. probaly some fancy name on it but I don-t know it. Informed that I must cease to grow in this veg plot for 5-6 years to get rid of this parasite. Any help greatfully accepted.
Some of the leaves of my potato plants are turning yellow, in fact one or two have shrivelled up and died. I dont think it's blight because I've been spraying them with dithane regularly. Could it just be bad seed? Thanks M
What best to spray with used to use dithane, gone off market
We had a problem with green fly on our small patch of potatos so we sprayed them with Rose Clear. We later read that this should not be used on vegetables. Is that direct contact eg lettuce or should we discard these potatos now.
I have small tomato like fruits growing on potato stalkswhat does this mean?
On some of my potatoes the flower has developed into what looks like a green seed ball. does this mean i have to dig them up immediately, can i use the seeds for sowing and lastly what is the best way of storing potatoes once i've dug them up or should i leave them in the ground until i need them.
Planted Sarpo miras over 8- 10 wks ago , first time on this soil. Have noticed yellow leaves onthem for the last 10 days or so. What has gone wrong , do you think? I have only used farmyard manure in very small doses.
I sprayed my earlies with Dithane once how soon can I harvest them after this spraying. It has not stopped the blight and I now want to harvets all the crop affected to prevent the blight getting to the roots.
I planted "early potatoes" in a potato barrell in late March. Looked after it, watered it etc. I have a lot of foliage but only one flower. Is this OK? Have not grown them before so am unsure if they are flourishing. Should I give them tomato feed? How often should they be watered? I am not sure when they will be mature enough to harvest.
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