Just a quick video showing how I go about planting and growing my potatoes in pots. Dead simple, using a 30 litre pot fill up half full with any multipurpose compost. Then I add 2 oz of Blood Fish & Bone fertilizer , or this year 1 oz of Potato Magic
I decided to harvest all this years Large Exhibition Show Onions tonight as there were 3 days of red hot weather forecast....WOW !!! and as I was going to lift them at the weekend I couldn't risk a final growth spurt and splitting. These are the
Planting out this years Giant Carrots.These are planted out into the polytunnel in a deep bed of soil surrounded by compost with additional fertilizers added and mycorrhizal fungi to the roots to hopefully produge a huge specimen in September if they
How I go about preparing the various sand boxes and barrels before sowing the Exhibition Show carrots. Both the long ones and the stump rooted ones are grown in sharp sand. Cores are taken out using a pipe to the desired depth and then the holes
Just a quick video showing how I grow a few potatoes in the polytunnel in containers for an extra early crop. I use a really fast maturing first early potato such as Rocket. Then simply add 3-4" of compost to a pot or a container,add a little
Another potato harvest from the containers, this time it's 90 days of growing since planting. Harvested another pot of Nicola and the first test pot of Anya. Reasonably happy with the Nicola but very surprised with the Anya, although a little small
Did I finally manage to hit the magical 10 pound mark with this years Giant Onion Growing challenge ?
Pulling and harvesting the first of the long & stump rooted show carrots this year for my first show. Not too bad this year considering they didn't look too brilliant as far as the tops were looking. Managed a couple of reasonable pairs for a small
Just a quick video about how I chit or sprout my seed potatoes before they are planted in the ground later in Spring. The reason for doing it is not only to get some nice strong green shoots which will make the plant grow quicker but it also is a way
Making a Carrot whistle. Depending on how bored I get through Winter, Parsnip Pan pipes may be next. Happy Gardening.
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk Planting and growing garlic couldn't be easier. Any time from late Autumn to Early Spring separate your garlic bulbs into separate cloves. Don't use supermarket ones as these aren't certified virus free,use garlic
Pulling some of the Long and Stump rooted Exhibition Show Carrots for the final show of the year. This year I've been happy with the Parsnips and Long Carrots but the Stump ones have had a rough skin, maybe due to the excessive heat in the
Harvesting and preparing this years giant exhibition show onions a month before the shows start. Firstly to pull them up, then at home the roots are cut off and the skins removed until you hit a perfect unslpit skin. A bit of a wash and then set up
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk Just a quick demonstration of how I go about planting my potatoes on the allotment. How to plant grow potatoes
A quick look around the Giant Vegetable Competition at the Harrogate Show. These are hideous looking specimens grown purely for bulk and not for quality or looks. The complete opposite of the exhibition part of the show. This year the Guinness World
http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk Just a quick video of how I plant out my onion sets in one of my raised beds on the allotment. Dead simple,just push each individual onion set into the soil about 6" apart so that just the tip is above ground,and
