On Easter Sunday we finally said goodbye to Charlotte and Edward. We were quite glad to say goodbye. To be honest they were outstaying their welcome, even if they were only staying in the colder than cool utility room near the back door. Well, they had been with us for over a month. For Charlotte and King Edward are our early and maincrop potatoes, and if we were to leave it much later, we might have the dreaded blight running a mock over our crops come August/September. Traditionally it’s Good Friday that the veg grower puts in their early spuds, but one look at the weather was enough to convince us to hold off for a couple of days. A nice trench about 5 in deep and a sprinkling of chicken manure and that was about that. Sit back and wait for the growth to appear, then earth up around the plant as you go. It seems watering isn’t an exact science, but we’ll go for the once a week dousing and times that by two in hot weather and when the flowers appear. We’ll meet up again in September when the flowers have gone over. So it’s not so much ‘goodbye’ to Charlotte and Edward, more ‘Au Revoir’.
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