It has taken a few weeks, but cosseting my competition potato is working.
A few shoots appeared Tuesday morning as my watering brushed aside some compost itself disturbed from below by the potato shoots.
I snapped a few photos in the evening.
Allotment 5½
Vegging out in North Devon
9 April 2008 at 7:13 pm |
Lot the potato in a pot contest. How big is your pot? I’ve never grown potato’s before, but have thought of maybe trying some this year.
9 April 2008 at 7:14 pm |
Blah, supposed to be LOVE , not lot. Ha, sorry!
10 April 2008 at 12:09 am |
Any update on your basil seeds you planted? Mine are terrible in south Devon…on a windowsill, struggling 3 weeks after germinating.
http://quailbymail.blogspot.com/
cheers
Shauna
10 April 2008 at 10:16 pm |
mine were doing fine up until a couple of weeks ago when we were away for my mum’s funeral. since then i’ve had a few yellow leaves and the plants generally look as though they’ve had too much or need some more of something: water, sunlight, heat, tlc?
check out my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamadonut/2351898741/
10 April 2008 at 10:20 pm |
erica – growing in a pot is easy. just get the biggest pot you can and fill it with bog standard compost. my pot is about 12 inches in diameter and probably 10 inches deep. i’d normally grow it in a deeper pot but that’s what we’ve been given.
some of my fellow villagers – who i know are lurking (!) – might have other tips.
you can, of course, grow potatoes in a black plastic rubbish bag. just keep adding compost as the plant(s) get bigger.