Potatoes

[dlm2310]

Hi,

May sound a stupid question but what do you do with the compost in a container after you have harvested the tatties ? Reason I ask is you're not supposed to plant the potatoes year after year in the same earth so does that mean I could contaminate my flower beds if I add the compost to them ?

Thanks

 

[breezer]

dontt think so, i think its that the spuds wont grow so well as they have "used" the good bits for spuds, but since flowers are not spuds they will be ok

 

[JohnD]

Pests.

You shouldn't use the compost (or peelings) where you will be growing potatoes or tomatoes next year.

I have an idea there are some other plants as well.

 

[Trazor]

Just spread it around on any bare earth, Rain and worms will do the rest.
It will help your soil structure, and your plants will utilise any nutrients the potatoes did not use.

 

[Trazor]

Pests.

Potatoes grown in compost very rarely suffer the same problems, as trench grown spuds..

 

[dlm2310]

Thanks everyone.

It's the first time I have grown them and they amaze me how fast they have grown.

Tried Courgettes and Aubergines this year from seed but they have died on me. I know aubergenes like humid weather and so trying to grow them in the highest village in England is probably a no no !!!!

 

[ColJack]

I heard that you can grow spuds in bins.. is this right?

what's the minimum depth of compost you can grow in? would those storage containers you can get be ok? ( about 14 inches deep, 15x18inches.. )