Saturday 24 August 2013

First potato harvest

Growing potatoes were a bit of an experiment as we had some store bought heritage potatoes that had sprouted and we thought instead of throwing them out, we'll try to grow them. 

It was a bit frustrating seeing all the leafy green shoots but not been able to use them, plus not being able to see the growth progress of potatoes beneath the ground. But all was revealed at the end of July when we dug it all up consisting of the two heritage varieties of Shetland Black and the other one we can't remember! We probably could have left the Shetland Blacks to get a little bigger


Although it was a successful experiment, I'm not sure if it's worth growing them next year unless we have a large spare planter box.

But the potato plant also produced some fruit after flowering which makes me tempted to experiment growing from seed.


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