Earthing Up The Potatoes.

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Today has been seed sowing day which normally would be Friday but given I have to take another holiday starting tonight I had to bring it forward by a day. I already missed last weeks seed sowing day so I couldn't afford to miss this one as well. All the seeds sown were indoors as the ground is not fit to walk on let alone work down and sow seeds in.

I also noticed the potatoes in pots are starting to put up good sized shoots so I put more compost in the pots to just leave the tips of the new growth showing.

Potatoes Out Of Pots

Last week or the week before I showed you the potatoes in pots that we have growing in the greenhouse. Emily was wondering what sort of a crop I would get from them so the other day I took a look and this is what came out of one pot.

There isn’t a massive crop but I don’t think it’s too bad and what there is cost nothing and is fresh and tasty.

The Veg Garden.

This week in the veg garden we will take a look at the Potatoes and Radishes.

As you can see the potatoes have all come through okay, you will probably also notice that they are in the bottom and the ridges where as often they are growing through the tops of the ridges. In time these will also be growing in the latter way but this year I’ve decided to plant them in the bottoms of the ridges and earth them up as they grow. It will be interesting to see if they crop any differently. Each time I earth them up I will add a little feed to the soil as Potatoes are hungry plants.

Some of the radishes are ready for picking but I must confess to falling behind with me succession of sowing these. Its best to sow a few every couple of weeks if you can. You don’t need many at a time so don’t go sowing big long rows or anything.

Chitting

I know I said that I would show you how I’m training the Quince tree but I will have to postpone that for a little while as I didn’t have time to get the pictures yet. With the weather being so nice I’ve been making the most of it and getting stuck in to pruning and tidying up the rose garden.

Instead of the tree training I will show you a couple of pics of the seed potatoes I have set out for chitting on the potting shed bench. By doing this your potatoes will have a head start when you plant them out. Early varieties will crop earlier and more heavily if chitted. You just need to set them out in a light, cool but frost free place a few weeks before planting.


Also here is a picture of what I think is a nice Primula that I have in a pot in the cool greenhouse.