I have been growing and showing veg since 1996, a brilliant hobby contrary to popular belief and the views of my mates who think I’m a big poof (I’ve got nothing against poofs however!). This is just a chart of my progress for the 2017 season, if you have any specific questions about ‘showing’ then email me on smithyveg@aol.com and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Spud prep
It's not yet time to be planting up your spud bags but you can be digging trenches, sieving your peat/compost and making sure you have plenty of Vitax Q4 and Seaweed meal to hand. This little sketch illustrates how I do it. I know Sherie Plumb mixes her nutrients and compost alltogether but I confine the nutrients to the bottom layer only, below where the new spuds will be developing. As I use Vitaz Q4 pellets rather than the finer ground stuff I cannot risk them coming into contact with the skins on the developing tubers and scorching them. Just a personal method but it worked for me very well last season. I shall be doing one or two things differently however, more on this in mid-April.
I am using the same method as you Simon. I have some Bishop in bags today and have left them in the greenhouse.
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