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Lisa
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The instructions that came with mine said they don't keep like seed potatoes, best to get them growing asap.
There was an article in Kitchen Garden mag about them recently that said they grow fine in pots or containers, so I'm going to try growing some of mine that way at home (the rest at the lottie). |
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milkmaid
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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great i'll start them off in pots then i can hide them from the goats till i'm read for them to eat them
suz |
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Lisa
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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Big pots!!....  |
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milkmaid
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| Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| would the ones that you get from flower shops holding cut flowers be big enough ,i can get them free from the coop otherwise they get thrown away |
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Lisa
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Um... dunno. I'm (re)using compost bags for mine. I can only compare them to potatoes, which I've grown in different sized pots. They still grow in smaller ones, just need more TLC and watering in the smaller ones, and I think I got smaller spuds from the smaller flower pots. But they were still tasty 
Sorry to be vague -just taking an educated guess... 
(note to self - ask co-op for spare flower pots ) |
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milkmaid
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they sound as if they will be bid enough it's the stalks i'm after ,
i've got to ask them if i can take away their cardboard for keeping weeds down as well ,
suz |
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nigel
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In The vegetable & Herb Expert by Dr. Hessayon.
| Quote: | | the usual planting material is a white-skinned type bought from the greengrocer or supermarket |
so they should be ok 
if you're putting them in pots, remember they grow to over 6' tall so would end up being a little top heavy by the end of the season. If they're in the ground they benefit from being earthed up
You can over winter them in the ground, either accidentally, by leaving some in or deliberately. They do grow like weeds in my plot here. |
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milkmaid
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don't know weather they'd survive in the ground over winter here everything rots
weeds are good if the goats eat them ,found the only reason for bind weed ,and i haven't got any .thanks for the advice got a place up the back thats a little drier could try there  ,
6 foot  ,oh must put up a wind break around them
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CP
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fenwoman
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| milkmaid wrote: | don't know weather they'd survive in the ground over winter here everything rots
suz |
might be a good candidate fro growing inside a pile of car tyres? The rubber helps insulate. When I read "earth up" I think "car tyres" |
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milkmaid
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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spare tyres ,no such thing here ,they are used for covering silage any are snapped up straight away ,so they just have to go into the ground beehind the poly tunnel by the drainage ditch
suz |
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Spana
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Bit embarrassed about saying this  but dont they make your pee stink. |
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CP
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| Never heard of that Jan - where did you hear about it? |
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Spana
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Personal experience  |
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CP
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| We haven't eaten them for many years - OH's father used to grow them. Can't remember what the pee smelled like! |
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