Comments for Allotment Gardening

Comment on Chitting Seed Potatoes by sheldon ridings

sheldon ridings — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:21:08 +0000

Do rabbits like the young shoots of potatoes ? because our allotments are overrun with rabbits.

Comment on Soil Preparation by sheldon ridings

sheldon ridings — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:01 +0000

I’ve got some recycled wood from work to make some raised beds for potatoes etc , how wide would you make the beds ? would 3ft be wide enough ? or do they need to be wider ? thanks.

Comment on Growing Courgettes and Marrows by Sprout

Sprout — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:27:17 +0000

Hi Michael,
Yes, I’ve started onion sets of in pots many times when the weather wasn’t fit to plant outdoors.
Sometimes they would suffer a bit of a check to growth when planted out, but not much, and they soon recovered.

p.s Only minus 3, up here in Yorkshire that’s a warm summers evening.

Comment on Growing Courgettes and Marrows by michael stuart

michael stuart — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:07:34 +0000

hi sprout,the weather here is minus 3 at luch time,was thinking of braving the cold and going to the allotment,but realise i wont get much done,so i,m going to start some onion sets inbiodegardable pots with compost,havent done this before so hoping it gets me an early start,have you tried this before?

Comment on Crop Rotation by sheldon ridings

sheldon ridings — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:29:05 +0000

Cheers Sprout i’ll let you know what i plant and when i plant it,my wifes ordered the veg seeds i’ve got it all planned out on paper as to what i’m going to do.

Comment on Crop Rotation by Sprout

Sprout — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:53:31 +0000

@sheldon, Congratulations on getting your new allotment.
Adding well rotted manure to the potato area won’t harm, and could be beneficial to the crop. But potatoes don’t need a luxuriously rich soil to grow, so i find it unnecessary, especially if the manure is in short supply. There are other crops such as peas, beans and courgettes that will appreciate the manure a lot more.
Other root crops like, carrots, beetroot & parsnips tend to fork if given a rich manure soil to grow in.

Comment on Crop Rotation by sheldon ridings

sheldon ridings — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:25:05 +0000

by the way i’m a beginner and dont know much about allotments.

Comment on Crop Rotation by sheldon ridings

sheldon ridings — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:21:19 +0000

Hello just got my key to the allotment i had been waiting 3 years it’s not a full one but i reckon i can get quite a lot planted i’ve turned a section over and weeded it ready for the earlys and there was a pile of compost so i forked it in and i was going to get hold of some manure to fork that in why dont you add manure to the soil when growing roots ie potatos my friend swears by it.

Comment on Growing Asparagus by Sprout

Sprout — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:46:25 +0000

@Mick
I did the same some years ago, gave it a good feed of fish blood & bone meal in the spring time, and another mid way through the growing season, kept it well watered through out the year. I gave it a couple of years growing to get established before cropping the first spears. Worked a treat.
Best of luck with it.

Comment on Growing Asparagus by mick

mick — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:05:15 +0000

just moved my two year old asparagus plants from one raised bed to another (october) had no choice any tips?