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ok i might of asked this question before but... does anyone on here grow there own veg? i'm going to try and grow some myself, just starting off with potato's and maybe carrots...i'm going to try doing the potato's in a huge bin type thing instead of the ground because the mud in my garden is naff

anyone any tips?

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Only from what i've heard from them that grow their own spuds at work - haven't done it myself.
Don't fill the tub, place the seed potatoes at the bottom and place about 4 inch of soil over them, as the shoot grows keep adding more soil just leaving the leaves on show, this way they say you get the biggest crop.

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cheers for that Ken, i'd already heard something along those lines....i was going to plant some actual sprouting potato's, does anyone know how much seed potato's are and where i can get some from?

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Found this about my previous post.
Quick Google found these for seed potatoes.

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You can even buy em on Ebay :D

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cant grow me own havent got a garden in the back its all paved:(
dont think i have the patience reallly, but i have tried growing mushrooms once;)....and no not the magic variety either:rolleyes:

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You can grow spuds in empty bags. I've used the plastic ones that you get from the builders merchants. Roll the top of the bag down to about 1/2 way punch some drain holes in the bottom, 1/2 fill with good soil, make sure theres no lime in it, any spud can be used they don't have to be special seed potatoes, if the eyes are sprouting it will do, rub of all but 3 sprouts, press into soil with sprouts upermost, cover with 6" of soil, keep well water but don't drown them. As the plants grow you can unroll the bag abit and add more soil. Spuds can take up to 26 weeks to come to full maturity. Don't forget to feed them whilst they are growing.

Carrots are a bit more exacting, they need sowing at the right depth and covering with a garden fleece to stop carrot fly, there's thousands of the little sods in Accrington.

Retlaw

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flashy; the best type of potato to grow in this way is a( main crop potato), such as  ( desire ) which is a red potato, or( king edward ), which is white with a red tinge...I grow potatoes in this way every year. you can get seed potatoes at wilkingsons if there is one in accy? place 4" of soil or compost in the bottom , place 4 or 5 potatoes in, then cover with about 5" of compost or soil , water in .When the shoots show ,leave them until they are about 5" tall , then place another 4 or 5 potatoes in between and just cover them to just under the leaves of the first lot . then , once a week just put in more compost till the tub is full.leave about 2" to 3" to water. give them as much sunlight as you can.

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thanx Ken thanx Retlaw and thanx David, i'm going to go to the range on Thursday and buy some grow bags cos like i said the soil here is crap

PANTHER you dont need a garden to grow veg ya noodle...mine aint going in the ground, i'm using a large tub, which incidentally is Reece's old toy box ;)

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When you cook your first crop I'll have a sirloin steak with mine :rolleyes:

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Dont plant them until all danger of frost has passed . Usually the end of march or the begining of april . If the frost hits them they will die. So dont be too eager to plant them!!!

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lol your welcome to it Ken, as long as you buy the steak ;)

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so i have to wait LONGER? i dont like waiting for anything, i'm too impatient for that, i like things NOW ;);)

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you will be getting this post moved to over 18s off my big brother, keep talking like that!

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to improve your soil you'll need plenty of compost or well rotted horse manure.

if you go that way spuds are the best crop to use to improve your soil.

as you have to dig to put the seeds in, earth them up, weed round them and then dig them out that breaks up the soil

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lol talking like what? i only said i was impatient, its your dirty mind that took it the other way ;)

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actually i ordered a compost bin yesterday, so if i start on it soon i should have some nice compost for next years potato's :D cheers Bernard :D

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Thats why Asda sell them ready grown you numpty :tongueout

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dont you start matey, you'll be getting a slap next time i see you ;)

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We usually grow sprouts, onions,garlic cabbage and cauliflower but admit in the ground not in tubs, carrot's we have never had a lot of luck with and parsnip are hit or miss, we also grow tomatoes, but we do have a green house, my daughter has grown tomatoes using a grow bag outside and had a reasonable crop I think a lot depends on the weather,

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my grandad used to grow allsorts when i was ickle, he had onions, raddish, rhubarb, mint, potato's, damsons and gooseberries, i used to love helping him in the garden

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got my compost bin the other day :D i havent put much in it yet other than tea bags, carrot peelings and potato peelings oh and a grapefruit....dont ask Reece did it not me ;)

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do you not need summat to put in the compost bin with everything to get it all rotting?

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yeah worms lol

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You need to put 1/2 bucket of good soil in as well, it will contain the bacteria you need to turn it into proper compost. If you come across any worms chuck them in as well.
Retlaw

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where do you compost bins from?

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i ordered mine on the net

Order you free compost bin by ringing 0845 658 8550 and quoting LCC03GDD1 for more information visithttp://www.compost-it.org.uk/

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well i've done it, chucked mi spuds in a tub and mi onions n leeks, heres hoping ay :D

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Hi, Potatoes are supposed to be planted on Good Friday, but as this is different each year, they may be affected by frost.

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think the same applies to anything planted on Good Friday , they are supposed to thrive since the devil didn't see where they were buried and can't harm them

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ok should i dig them up and plant them again on Friday?

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by the look of things then yes flashy, come one, no time like the present lol

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bollox to that, they are staying where they are...in the tubs under the scaffolding

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I told you not to plant too early!!

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you told me you'd done yours last week, i only did them the other day...dont shout at me :(

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I said i was chitting my potatoes , not planting them!!

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whatever..

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My Brother sent these and asked me to put them on for flashytart.
They are of his greenhouse

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mick ive already seen them, he put them on my msn sharing folder for me, i think they look wicked :D he's going to have a bumper crop this year isnt he :D

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Im thinking of growing my own dope!!













Any men available to plant out??:p



JOKE!!!!:rolleyes:


sorry chaps ....if it offended ya;).....LMAO..........:do-one:

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I planted some jalepeno chillies on friday, lets see how they turn out :rolleyes: (its the first time ive done anything like that lol)

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well i reckon mi spuds are dead now lol gonna have another go at them in a couple of weeks, or when the snow goes away :D

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I found it offensive, get some women to help instead. You must be a sexist you know what :p:rolleyes:

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Well I think the answer lies in the soil pig **** for potatoes and cow **** for tomatoes but the deeper you dig the nearer the devil you get.Or is that manure I'm talking again:D:D

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mi spuds are flowering:D i noticed 2 out of the whole lot that i planted, my spring onions are looking rather green too :D god knows what they will look like once i've put them outside though

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oh my GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!! my spuds are coming on marvelously, i now have about 15 stalks with leaves on them, the stalks are now about 4/5 inches long and i cant keep up with the compost to cover them, they are sprouting up bigger everyday :D

this is what i am growing them in, a bit odd yes i know

you can't see anything in them because i took these pics before anything started growing

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and this is what they look like now :D yes i know a couple are rather dark, was just trying to get a close up of the flowering spuds :D

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Just planted my spuds last saturday !

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mine have been in for 2 months already Dave, i dont think the snow did them any harm, but we'll just have to see hey

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have you had any luck with anything else you planted Dave? my pansies are looking lovely and colourful compared to how they where when i first planted them (see before and after shots)

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I have not planted anything out yet . but i am off work over the weekend so i will be planting out

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i meant anything from the greenhouse

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I wish i could grow my own veggies but the rotty pup i own is now in devil mode and would just eat them lol!!!!!!!!!!!!! she has found a new game of pulling washing of the line and dragging it all over the yard hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That was me!!!!!!!! Some plonker that now lives here didn't sign out and i'm naturally blonde and didn't look lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I have not planted anything out yet !!!

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lol Michelle ya daft get, you got a 'PROP' yet? ;)

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yes i know that but has anything RISEN from the stuff you potted in the greenhouse?
meaning is anything showing in the greenhouse?




please dont start again David

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Nope wont need one soon when i've killed the bloody thing!!!!!!!!!!

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just use Carl as a prop :D:D:D

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He not tall enough lol!!!!!!!!!! Gotta stand on tiptoes to kiss me lol!!!!!

Think maybe i'll put him in a bag of compost see if he grows a bit lol!!!!!!!

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Will take a photo and put it in here tomorrow . but there are other things coming up in the gardens . carrots , turnips , onions celery ,shallots ,* and garlic which i dont like . but i have planted next to my carrots , because carrot fly dont like the smell . The grass needs cutting again aswell , only cut it last saturday !

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ah thats excellent, i know you wont be using the garlic when its grown so send some over here, i use loads of it ;)

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Think mummiboo should have a go at planting your own veggies ??

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yeah she should, if i can do it then anyone can do it :D

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The oy thing i can grow in my garden is dandilions! I had to get rid of the washing line because i was afraid someone might decapitate themselves playing footy. Its a shame really because i have a huge garden. Also we seem to get a million frogs in the summer!

That trampoline is 14ft and i would guess you could get about 3 of them in there.

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I remember when i was little when we used to live next door to you david and i remember eating radishes out of your greenhouse!

Takes all day just to cut the grass never mind veggies maybe when mick makes these planters he was going to do i could put some in there.

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lol i know what you mean about dandilions, i hate the things, why do they seem to grow out of the bricks outside the house? whats all that about?


i need a big strong man with a petrol mower and strimmer to come and sort out my garden (the green one outside before i get any smart arse remarks)

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Well you cant borrow mine it takes to long to get him to do mine!

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i just need a mower and a strimmer :D

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My Brother asked me to put these on for him as he was having problems

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OH WOW look at the size of those:eek::eek::eek: your going to be eating veggies for the rest of your life Dave

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Think i have got green fingers

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Thats fantastic! you should be proud of yourself i wish i could do that.

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soap always helps if your fingers are green, failing that you can get cream for that ;)

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if you set your mind to it you can do ANYTHING never say never....give it a try you might be surprised

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Today i planted sweetcorn seed. Must remember to buy some extra butter lol

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Hey david if i give you a pound will you grow me a money tree please? lol

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Yes give me a tenner to plant , you dont get much of a crop off them though . Last time i planted a tenner i only got three pound back lol

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Next time i find a spare tenner i will give it ya, it might be a good year eh!

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mummiboo doesnt uncle David give you money for your birthday? ;);) he must owe you something this year lol get him to plant that for ya ;)

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If uncle david could grow me a money i wouldnt care for birthdays cause id be rich, rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams! and so would he for growing the it! lol

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HAHAHAHAHA you got told off by daddyyyyyyyyy ;)

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tut tut mummiboo you were brought up better than that , stop swearing lol

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you never swear do ya Davey boy ;)

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what me !!! never or maybe when someone cuts me up !! can we please get back on the subject ?? or mick wll move it

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yes dad:rolleyes: :eek:

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I am not that old

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yes you are quite right, you are not old enough to be my daddy :D ;);)




anyway when will i know when mi spuds are ready to use?

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when the plants start to die down

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ok fank woo :D

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Ya know what i dont even know what i put! i think it must ave been a typo cause i dont swear in posts! lol

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lol not after being told off anyway? ;)

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and just look at them today :eek::eek::eek: they look like trifids

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They are coming on a treat well done you:)

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Davey boy(i really should stop calling him that) asked me which sort i'd planted yesterday and i think i've planted a few different sorts, they dont all look the same anyway lol

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Did you not put markers in them? Your next lesson always know what you have planted:p

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well i know they are spuds, but what sort i havent a clue :D

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Just make sure they are well covered with compost , or they will turn green .You cannot eat green spuds , they are poisonous

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ok i'll go nick some outta daddys car :D