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They look delicious DM! Glad you enjoyed them! |
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Been for a walk round to Mom & Dads to take Dad some beans to plant & I came back with some lovely buckets.  |
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What an educational place CP is turning out to be!!  |
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Hmm they look just lovely, well done. |
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They look lovely so 1 potatoe in a bucket will give you enough tatta's for a couple of days then? Hmmm so planted a few days apart, happiness. Do you have to keep the buckets inside or out? And when do you buy seed potatoes? and do they last all year when brought? |
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edit to add ~ I don't mean right now @ 10.30pm lol I mean this time of year. LOL |
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I don't know how big a yield you get if you plant them now. No baking-potatoes.  I leave the bucket outside all year round. It goes into the tall grass at the end of the parking-space for warmth over winter. I plant the spud in late autumn (which is when I buy the seed potato). The seed potato will probably last for a good while under ideal conditions - cold and dark. They will still work if they've grown long tangly shoots, but have used up some energy producing them and will be less tough and hardy. Oh, and unless your bucket has draining-holes, make sure the spud doesn't get drowned when it rains. Once you've decide to plant next years crop, make sure you get all the teeny-tiny spuds out, or they will grow leaves etc. The really little ones won't do as well as parent-plants. Just like people, then. Note: I've learned by experimenting, so there are indubitably better ways. |
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I think you can do it any time of year, but the results/timing will obviously vary. Lots of people plant a 'bucket' in early autumn, to get new potatoes for christmas dinner. I know that one of the seed merchants (Marshalls) sells seed potatoes late summer, which go straight back in the ground (together with a fertilizer) when the main crop has come out, to give a second crop. Frost will kill the tops, so you need to protect. They won't survive outside over winter. Here's the BBC gardening website/messageboard. Their allotment page is quite good for veggie tips http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbgardening  Ah - questions from above. Inside or out - keep away from frost - so early or late will have to be indoors but remember everything needs as much light as possible Seed potatoes - on sale early spring (and summer as discussed above for second outdoor crop) But, 'old' potatoes from the greengrocer will suffice. Special seed potatoes are recommended for planting out, as they are certified disease free. (We don't want to re-start potato blight and all have to go and live in the US, like the Irish did!) Confined to a pot I wouldn't worry particularly. Agree with Hreow - make sure you have no marble sized lurkers in your compost when replanting. |
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