Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Eynsham Red Jan 2021 6:26pm, 10 Jan 2021 7,043 posts	0 Eynsham Red As we don’t have much spare room for growing veg, we’re planning to grow potatoes in bags this year. Does anyone have any experience or tips that they could pass on please?
Rosehip Jan 2021 6:29pm, 10 Jan 2021 19,225 posts	0 Rosehip only put one or two seed spuds in the bag and keep watering them I grew 10 bags worth last year - they were OK, but not as productive as in the ground has been in the past - but that might just have been the year/weather/seed spud used, etc
Rosehip Jan 2021 6:30pm, 10 Jan 2021 19,226 posts	0 Rosehip really good way to get lovely tasty new potatoes, I've not used them for maincrop - might try a few this yr.
Eynsham Red Jan 2021 6:47pm, 10 Jan 2021 7,045 posts	0 Eynsham Red Thanks RH. I think the plan is to grow just new/salad potatoes as we rarely eat large varieties.
Dvorak Jan 2021 6:58pm, 10 Jan 2021 21,717 posts	0 Dvorak My experience, on a couple of attempts, was disappointing.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Jan 2021 6:59pm, 10 Jan 2021 31,383 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I grew potatoes in buckets last year, was very successful.
Ocelot Spleens Jan 2021 7:12pm, 10 Jan 2021 29,700 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens My bucket experiment is going to be carrots.
Garfield Jan 2021 7:25pm, 10 Jan 2021 14,919 posts	0 Garfield I like that idea OS!
Columba Jan 2021 7:26pm, 10 Jan 2021 20,755 posts	0 Columba In one sense garlic is easy to grow, - stick it in, and it will come up. But not so easy if you want to harvest a good big bulb, as that requires a long warm summer, which you may or may not get.
Garfield Jan 2021 7:35pm, 10 Jan 2021 14,920 posts	0 Garfield Interesting...I've never tried garlic or onions.