Friday 27 July 2012

My virtually non-existent harvest!

 I dug my Kestrel early potatoes today. It was a very small harvest - about a third of what it should have been. However, I know why - I dug in a lot of chippings to improve the soil structure last winter (which it has done) and that used up the nitrogen in the soil. So next year I will add some slow-release fertiliser eg blood fish and bone - prior to planting. At least the quality of the potatoes was good - no slug damage, no blight and very little scab. Other people have had good foliage but the crops have rotted in the ground - too wet!

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