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I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2".
Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? Ta :) -- Pete C London UK |
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"Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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In message , Bob Hobden
writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Hobden writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of potatoes, peas, etc. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. -- June Hughes |
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Bob Hobden wrote: "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I really must learn to keep a diary. No idea when they went in! I'll give 'em a few more weeks then. Thanks :) -- Pete C London UK |
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writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Hobden writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of potatoes, peas, etc. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. Oh right. Thank-you. Some of my leaves have been eaten by tiny slugs which seem to be impervious to crushed egg shells or slug pellets. There are only stems left. I hope this will not effect the potato growth. -- June Hughes |
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"June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , BAC writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Hobden writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of potatoes, peas, etc. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. Oh right. Thank-you. Some of my leaves have been eaten by tiny slugs which seem to be impervious to crushed egg shells or slug pellets. There are only stems left. I hope this will not effect the potato growth. If your plants have been denuded of leaves, they probably won't make much headway below ground in future. Plus, slugs like the tubers, too. Perhaps lifting sooner rather than later might be advisable? |
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In message , BAC
writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , BAC writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Hobden writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of potatoes, peas, etc. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. Oh right. Thank-you. Some of my leaves have been eaten by tiny slugs which seem to be impervious to crushed egg shells or slug pellets. There are only stems left. I hope this will not effect the potato growth. If your plants have been denuded of leaves, they probably won't make much headway below ground in future. Plus, slugs like the tubers, too. Perhaps lifting sooner rather than later might be advisable? Um. You may be right, especially as they are in a container as opposed to in the ground. The peculiar thing is, it has only happened to a couple of stems. The rest are fine. I shall let you know what happens next. -- June Hughes |
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June Hughes writes
The peculiar thing is, it has only happened to a couple of stems. The rest are fine. M experience is that slugs return to the same leaf night after night, so that they will completely denude one plant before moving on to the next. The exception is something like a runner bean, where they find the stem more amenable to attack than the bristly leaves - once they've chewed through the stem and felled the plant, they move on to the next plant rather than continuing to eat the fallen stem. -- Kay |
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writes June Hughes writes The peculiar thing is, it has only happened to a couple of stems. The rest are fine. M experience is that slugs return to the same leaf night after night, so that they will completely denude one plant before moving on to the next. The exception is something like a runner bean, where they find the stem more amenable to attack than the bristly leaves - once they've chewed through the stem and felled the plant, they move on to the next plant rather than continuing to eat the fallen stem. Ah. That explains it. It is very strange that a few stray potato plants have appeared in the earth next to my pots of potatoes and they are totally unscathed. -- June Hughes |
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June Hughes writes
It is very strange that a few stray potato plants have appeared in the earth next to my pots of potatoes and they are totally unscathed. Slugs haven't got that strong mouth parts and softness of food is important to them that's why so many species of slug only eat rotting vegetation. The potatoes in the ground will be harder grown than the ones in the tubs - less fertile soil, possibly less fertilizer - so the leaves and stems will be that bit tougher and less attractive to slugs. -- Kay |
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:08:29 +0100, June Hughes
wrote: How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. I've heard them called haulms. Probably a simple typo you read there -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹ |
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In message , ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹
writes On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:08:29 +0100, June Hughes wrote: How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. I've heard them called haulms. Probably a simple typo you read there I've never heard of haulms either so thanks for that. -- June Hughes |
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In message , June Hughes
writes In message , BAC writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , BAC writes "June Hughes" wrote in message ... In message , Bob Hobden writes "Pete C" wrote ... I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and 2". Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4" normal spuds? How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety, soil...but, I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies. 14+ weeks for larger spuds. When the hulms die back for keepers. Seems to be about right. I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of potatoes, peas, etc. Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never heard them called that before. Oh right. Thank-you. Some of my leaves have been eaten by tiny slugs which seem to be impervious to crushed egg shells or slug pellets. There are only stems left. I hope this will not effect the potato growth. If your plants have been denuded of leaves, they probably won't make much headway below ground in future. Plus, slugs like the tubers, too. Perhaps lifting sooner rather than later might be advisable? Um. You may be right, especially as they are in a container as opposed to in the ground. The peculiar thing is, it has only happened to a couple of stems. The rest are fine. I shall let you know what happens next. Poked around at the bottom of the container (it has a little sliding door to allow access - (only a thin, round plastic disc but it does the trick) - just a huge amount of thin white roots atm. Didn't poke around too much. I shall wait for a week or two and try again. -- June Hughes |
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