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No chances should be taken with border soil. It is advisable to have some form of analysis carried out, even if it is only a pH and potato cyst eelworm check.
Wednesday. November 7th, 2018Short on space? Discover how to grow delicious potatoes in a pot - ideal for a small garden, patio or balcony.
Friday. November 2nd, 2018It’s associated with warm temperatures (28°C-30°C) and prolonged wet periods, or rapidly alternating wet and dry periods.
Tuesday. October 2nd, 2018Many pests target potatoes but most of these occur very occasionally and are likely to do minimal damage.
Monday. October 1st, 2018Late blight in potatoes is caused by airborne spores of the Phytophthora infestans fungus. The disease manifests as irregular dark lesions on the stems
Friday. September 28th, 2018Farming potatoes is in itself a specialised field, while growing seed potatoes is an even more specialised field within it.
Friday. September 21st, 2018Nematodes are often referred to as ‘eel-’ or ‘roundworms’ because they resemble the common earthworm, but these parasites belong to a different grouping
Friday. September 21st, 2018Let's do a quick history of Thompson & Morgan, the British seed company. It was founded by William Thompson in 1855, in a garden shop behind a bakery
Monday. September 10th, 2018One pest will invariably occur if provision isn’t made to deal with it. This is cutworm.
Wednesday. September 5th, 2018Your basic fertilisation of the potato crop should have been done according to a soil analysis, leaving the main variable, nitrogen, to be managed as circumstan
Tuesday. September 4th, 2018