FAQs
| Date |
Question |
Answer |
Nov 2009 |
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Garlic |
It's too wet to plant garlic cloves , what will I do? |
Plant the cloves up in 3 inch polystyrene cups (50 for a pound from Pound Land). Leave them indoors until they shoot then put them outside as they need a period of cold to bulb up. Plant them out in February. |
Potoatoes |
If I order seed potatoes now what will do with them? |
Leave seed potatoes outside in boxes to harden off skins. In Jan/Feb bring tem inside to chit. You will need to label the boxes otherwise you will forget what variety they are and they will all look the same in Spring! |
Potoatoes |
What varieties worked best in 2009? |
We had a bad time with blight this year. People who planted Sarpo types reported a very good crop. |
