This 3rd place at Sutton Bonington has been my only card with potatoes this season. The variety was Malin and these were the only 4 decent sized tubers I managed to salvage from about 50 bags this season.
I got talking to a great spud grower at Littleover who reckoned that I may have made my peat too alkaline when I sterilised the bags with Armillatox. I did this to try and kill any blight spores that may have overwintered after last year's attack. In any case he said you need to get fresh peat in every 3 years or so and mine is now about 4 years old so I've spread it over the flower borders and will be buying new stuff over the winter and sieving it as I go.
He also uses calcified seaweed and Vitax Q4 in his bags......about 4 oz of each per bag!!!!!
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