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Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 25 7:49 am Post subject:

NMG, one bed of my main crop potatoes have pretty well failed; have trouble with that bed, so will add lots of compost and charcoal fines as it seems dry, but rather prone to slugs and snails. Think it was drought this year. The other bed still seems seems to be all right, but haven't tried lifting any yet. My one remaining courgette is only really growing fairly well now, but there are some courgettes forming, so may be ready for harvesting soon.

Pity about your onions Gz. Mine worked quite well this year. I put in autumn sown sets as spring sown don't seem to do as well, and I have never had any luck growing from seed.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44484
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 25 9:21 am Post subject:
the cucumbers are splendid, half a dozen huge specimens grade ones with good taste and texture a week and lots growing to replace them even with fluffing the fertilization rate of the big boys is low, plenty of flowers, so far maybe one in twenty has set a tomato

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44484
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 25 9:31 am Post subject:

taters do need a good quality open and moist soil

lots of manure, compost, weathered seaweed etc added using double spit digging

sorry, the word spud is derived from spade

create good ground and rotate it each crop(follow with a suitable crop for that season)
a couple of years is enough to avoid most disease and infestations

if it is dry, water them, they are closer to swamp plants than desert ones

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16543

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 25 7:42 am Post subject:

I will be adding lots of compost and charcoal fines to the top bed as it has always been a problem, not sure why. It is quite a deep raised bed, so as we have light soil, water is the main difficulty. I don't use a hose, and I didn't water the potatoes as I know they need more than I can give them with the watering can, and I was using the water on other things that really needed it during the dry spell. It worked as far as the onions, leeks and cabbages were concerned, but sadly the cabbage whites have stripped the cabbages, although in most cases the growing tips are all right, so hoping I will get a crop later. I did net, but had to raise the net as they grew so well. The other bed of potatoes looks rather better and is still growing, so hoping for a better crop from them. I do rotate crops, but there always seem to be one or two left, so they get transplanted.

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