Alan Gould wrote:
In article , Rudge
writes
My friends have a cottage and small garden in central Ireland
where
they stay for one month each year, usually mid August to mid
September.
Is there a variety of potato which can be left to 'grow wild' for
the 11 months between September and the following August and still
produce a crop for digging up in August?
Any digging over and manuring would have to be done in
August/September.
'Floury' varieties of potato are preferred.
The soil is loam on limestone redrock.
Slug resistance would be a high priority.
Desiree would have about as good a chance as any in that situation.
If the seed were planted about 12-15ins. deep, the growing tops
would
almost certainly be lost in winter, but new shoots could appear the
following spring. It's worth a try, they can only lose a few
tubers.
How soon does blight appear there?
Mike.
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