https://gardenandgossip.org/ Mon, 04 May 2026 15:24:52 +0000 MyBB https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2361 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:36:49 +0000 Can the Man]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2361
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For the record:-
KEEP POTATOES FROM SPROUTING!!!
Do you hate those ugly sprouts that form on your potatoes after just a couple of weeks? It turns out an apple a day just doesn't only keep the Dr. away but will also keep those sprouts away and also help the potatoes last longer.
The apples and potatoes storage tip has also been proven by America's Test Kitchen. In their experiment, potatoes stored with an apple stayed firm and sprout-free even after eight weeks, compared to potatoes stored without an apple; they turned out "largely soft, shriveled, and sad looking." So add an apple and save your potatoes.
Remove potatoes from packaging and place in a plastic bin and add an apple.]]> I'm going to try it when I next have some potatoes - nothing ventured.

For the record:-
KEEP POTATOES FROM SPROUTING!!!
Do you hate those ugly sprouts that form on your potatoes after just a couple of weeks? It turns out an apple a day just doesn't only keep the Dr. away but will also keep those sprouts away and also help the potatoes last longer.
The apples and potatoes storage tip has also been proven by America's Test Kitchen. In their experiment, potatoes stored with an apple stayed firm and sprout-free even after eight weeks, compared to potatoes stored without an apple; they turned out "largely soft, shriveled, and sad looking." So add an apple and save your potatoes.
Remove potatoes from packaging and place in a plastic bin and add an apple.]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2007 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:05:53 +0000 Can the Man]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=2007 I got the seed potatoes from an Irish we sit Quickcrop.ie the arrive with sprouts on the tubers, I kept them on the bench for about 2 weeks then planted them out. I dug lots of granular seaweed and BFB, and pelleted chicken manure into the beds.

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Also found in Kent on 11th July. https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2023/07/...-46-years/

Be alert!]]> https://www.gov.uk/government/news/color...-hampshire

Also found in Kent on 11th July. https://www.potatonewstoday.com/2023/07/...-46-years/

Be alert!]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1839 Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:35:59 +0000 Small chilli]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1839 As I’ve only ever grown small amounts I don’t know what to do if you don’t chit first ( which I’m not doing with 25kg    ) . Do you plant them deeper? Do you plant them earlier if not chitted?]]> As I’ve only ever grown small amounts I don’t know what to do if you don’t chit first ( which I’m not doing with 25kg    ) . Do you plant them deeper? Do you plant them earlier if not chitted?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1813 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:47:55 +0000 Can the Man]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1813 https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1574 Mon, 30 May 2022 22:42:43 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1574 If I set aside a patch of ground and planted it with potatoes, dug up a few each year but left the tiddlers in the ground, would they keep producing or go down with some terrible disease?
Why am I asking? :_
I have some spuds that keep appearing year after year in the same place. From memory, they're blue ones which I didn't like so I've left them to their own devices. 
I also have some couch infested ground that is a pain to clear but I could bung spuds in amongst it and, maybe, "earth" them up with piles of weeds.
Could also throw in all the potato peelings as people seem to complain that they are the cause of spuds popping up in unwanted places.,

Daft idea, O Sensible Ones?? ]]> If I set aside a patch of ground and planted it with potatoes, dug up a few each year but left the tiddlers in the ground, would they keep producing or go down with some terrible disease?
Why am I asking? :_
I have some spuds that keep appearing year after year in the same place. From memory, they're blue ones which I didn't like so I've left them to their own devices. 
I also have some couch infested ground that is a pain to clear but I could bung spuds in amongst it and, maybe, "earth" them up with piles of weeds.
Could also throw in all the potato peelings as people seem to complain that they are the cause of spuds popping up in unwanted places.,

Daft idea, O Sensible Ones?? ]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1346 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:38:27 +0000 Broadway]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1346
10 x 30 ltr pots to use, that's are far as I am at the moment]]>
10 x 30 ltr pots to use, that's are far as I am at the moment]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1342 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:43:55 +0000 Roitelet]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1342 https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1328 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:20:17 +0000 Jimny14]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1328 https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1254 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:28:52 +0000 Vinny]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=1254
They were Desiree, looked fine and were a decent size. To my dismay after peeling them when I cut into them some of the centres were mushy? They weren't discoloured and you wouldn't realise they were mushy until you touched them? I have never had this problem with any spuds before and hope the rest aren't similarly infected.
I haven't googled it yet but just wondered if others had had this problem before?]]>
They were Desiree, looked fine and were a decent size. To my dismay after peeling them when I cut into them some of the centres were mushy? They weren't discoloured and you wouldn't realise they were mushy until you touched them? I have never had this problem with any spuds before and hope the rest aren't similarly infected.
I haven't googled it yet but just wondered if others had had this problem before?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=964 Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:53:11 +0000 Broadway]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=964
What are you growing, when are you planting? (I know Spec already has an experiment underway)]]>
What are you growing, when are you planting? (I know Spec already has an experiment underway)]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=886 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:36:15 +0000 Broadway]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=886
Looks like I shouldn't have kept these in a closed box!

Am I right in saying I can break these off and let them start again?


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Looks like I shouldn't have kept these in a closed box!

Am I right in saying I can break these off and let them start again?


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Using 3 30ltr pots I am going to put 3 seed potatoes in each with different growing mediums

1 x 50 50 mix straw and normal soil from the plot
1 x well rotted manure
1 x compost from the compost bin

Jazzy is the potato of choice

Anyone tried anything similar?]]>
Using 3 30ltr pots I am going to put 3 seed potatoes in each with different growing mediums

1 x 50 50 mix straw and normal soil from the plot
1 x well rotted manure
1 x compost from the compost bin

Jazzy is the potato of choice

Anyone tried anything similar?]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=825 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:55:06 +0000 Veggie]]> https://gardenandgossip.org/showthread.php?tid=825
1. Conventionally, Potatoes are planted in trenches.
2. As the potatoes show above the soil, they're earthed up.
3. Earthing up is done to stop the potatoes seeing the light and turning green and poisonous.
4. No dig gardeners lay the spuds on the soil and cover with compost/straw. 

My questions - after earthing up, do more spuds grow higher up the stem above the original soil level?
............Or. do the spuds form deeper in the ground?

Why am I asking?
Could you grow spuds in a very shallow bed, say 4" deep on a solid base or in a shallow planter, rather than in a bucket?
Earth them up with cardboard or perforated plastic?

Just asking? ]]>
1. Conventionally, Potatoes are planted in trenches.
2. As the potatoes show above the soil, they're earthed up.
3. Earthing up is done to stop the potatoes seeing the light and turning green and poisonous.
4. No dig gardeners lay the spuds on the soil and cover with compost/straw. 

My questions - after earthing up, do more spuds grow higher up the stem above the original soil level?
............Or. do the spuds form deeper in the ground?

Why am I asking?
Could you grow spuds in a very shallow bed, say 4" deep on a solid base or in a shallow planter, rather than in a bucket?
Earth them up with cardboard or perforated plastic?

Just asking? ]]>