Reclaiming Raised Beds | Potato Planting
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- Battling the weather with this one but some fantastic progress! Nice to have a bit of time to just chill out in the tunnel too!
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I'm so sorry everyone, I teased showing something in the greenhouse not once but TWICE and then completely forgot to show you!! I promise it's in the next video!!
Can't wait to find out what it is but I'm hoping to see tomato seedlings. 🌱
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Can I ask about the couch grass JB? I've got loads, surrounded by it both sides, and while I try to pull out the roots as best I can by digging it up, would love to go no dig. But won't it just creep back in under the surface? I'm worried that even though I'll get rid of the surface stuff as I go, over time, underneath with become a spiders Web of roots again? Nightmare stuff!!
Love your cheerfulness. It's contagious. God bless.
I'm in the same area as you and I delayed the seed sowing this year because of what has been a pretty dismal February and March in terms of weather and poor light. This was backed up by my plot neighbour who is 86 and has been on the plot for 50 years! He said, 'forget it son, wait till April, it will all catch up.....trust me'. (Being called 'son' gave me a youthful spring in my step since being 61 it's not something I hear these days!). I took over another plot right next to mine three months ago which was just a field of very deep rooted couch grass and bramble (it hadn't been worked for three years), so to be honest, I haven't minded the delay this year. It's been hammer and tongs trying to get the second plot ready!
Weather has been so bad this year. its prob why I've been so ill so many times. Any luck it will dry up a bit soon and we will have some good days. Reusing Steves tunnel is what he would have wanted. He knew it would be utilised and looked after with you. Its much better it lives on with you than some stranger take it over and it get ruined
Thanks for another interesting video, especially about the sylvagrow compost.
My polytunnel I had years ago and absolutely got so much pleasure from it, especially in the rain! They came as a standard size then….14ft wide and 65 ft long! On a hot day I used to get so far in then get out rather rapidly, far too hot , too long. But now it is well ventilated as the cover is badly split, in fact now when it’s raining it’s hard to find many dry spots. I would love to get half of it recovered but there are so many brambles etc growing outside of it, that it’s a very daunting task that will probably never happen!
So I just have to watch you enjoy yours with Steve’s vibes. Thanks
🐝Thanks for the great video🌻🐰Happy easter!! 🐰
I been cleaning my garden area up for three days and so tried but it’s about to be ready for planting cleaning beds out fix’s bed like you put up new garden bed too❤
We have quackgrass. I threw it's roots in a weed tea barrel, submerged all summer, frozen solid all winter. A few weeks ago I thought I could compost it. The #@* stuff is alive and waiting for me to lay it on the ground so it can take off again!
Having YT helps me keep a tidier space. It's like having house company and needing to clean the toilet😂
hahahaha love that
Hi JB, wow! The rain is really heavy! We are having rain all week so, we feel your pain. You have got some good jobs done. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
JB having the poly tunnel to work in if the weather is not good allows you to carry on working on the plot OR just to get down to the plot and 'time out' a little bit of zen. Out in the fresh air but not the elements .... I do think you need a bigger flask 😁
Always do my container spuds with used compost plus some fish, blood & bone - always works well
Wow... the RAIN!
Funny that you call that odd-shaped bed an "L-bed"... from my perspective (especially as viewed at the end of your video) it looks like a "J-Bed"... JB!
Re: your THERMOS... I believe I have the same one and it has a TWIST AND POUR stopper. If your stopper has a couple arrows on top of it, then you can partially untwist the stopper and pour into your cup at one of the arrow markings. That way you don't remove the whole stopper and lose heat. Your tea/coffee will stay hot much longer! 🙂
I agree that the raised beds will be much better supported with those stabilizers on the outside of the bed, rather than the inside. If on the inside, the weight of the soil can still push outwards and, over time, possibly cause the screws to pull out from the boards.
I'm always trying to cool it down a bit so I don't burn myself 😂 you're actually right about the shape aren't you..
Glad you agree about them going on the outside, make a very valid point!
I always do some potatoes in tubs and always use spent compost. I mix in a handful of blood fish and bone and a handful of chicken poo pellets. They grow great as long as I stay on top of the watering. They do want a good soak every day once the tubers start forming.
It sounds like there's a good chance underwatering was my issue last year!
Yayyy, potato time already! ❤ Believe it or not, I may do a potato reveal video soon. 😂 My, erm… “Christmas potatoes” that I sowed last July never got harvested, so they’ve essentially been “over wintered” and I’m curious about that result. 😅 Anywhoo, this year I’m trying my hand with sweet potatoes only. Love that you experiment with variations on how you go about things every season!
My late dad never went by dates, he would sow seeds, plant potatoes etc when "the time felt right"... like others have said, they'll soon catch up.
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Found you through watching Jessie, and then potty mouth. Glad I did. I feel your pain with the coutch grass 😂.
I have an old dustbin I was going to get rid of but instead I filled it with spent compost and it's been fab. When I'm planting things like bulbs in pots or anything hardy that just needs a bit of extra substrate in the bottom I dip into my spent compost bin. I also mix it with fertiliser and some perlite if I want to grow something in it. I am loving the poly tunnel, really makes me want to have one when I get a big garden.
Oh I so know the one… I keep doing a bit of tidying but I’ve got so much left to do… hopefully with grand babies not at school next week and being nana taxi, I’ll get up the lottie as well as get some working from home time too 😊
You're awesome JB.. keep up the great work you do! Hope You and Jess have a nice Easter..Always much love from my family to yours 💞
Totally agree that sylvagrow needs a liquid feed sooner than you would need in a peat compost. I think the temperature is a major factor in the slow growth progression from seed leaves into secondary leaves, my tomatoes were fed a few days ago and the growth is now slow but lovely sturdy seedlings. Take care.
I agree what your saying about Silvagrow, I don’t rate it at all. I only bought 1 bag. I won’t buy it again. All my seed were sown in my house so it wasn’t the heat.
I chitted my 1st & 2nd early potatoes, planted them into potato sacks as well as a couple of bags for life and they’re all showing above ground. The 1st earlies are in my greenhouse.
Yes, I would trip on those tiny strips of metal!
If you do get negative comments, they are not worth listening to! Steve wanted you to have that tunnel! I think he will be having a chuckle up there. I'm looking forward to what you get growing in there, i did chilli's and peppers at the end of December, they are really struggling, not sure what i've done wrong this year, they have been fine previously
Ooo. How's the hot composter doing, just spotted in your last shot.
good show, cheers JB
Hi jb we it's lovely to see you enjoying the polytunnel I'm in the South East so not dissimilar weather a lot of strong winds though, your doing well with everything 👍🥔
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We chatted a bit ago on insta about things stalling in the Sylva Grow. My plants took off when I took them out of it.
I wondered if the wet/cold summer of last year affected the balance in the composting.
How awful was the rain?! Thank heavens for the space in the tunnel to stay productive for dry
Greenhouse teasing… let’s guess…. staging toppers or tomatoes germinated?! 🫡🤔
Looking forward to seeing those newly reinforced beds all ready for planting.
I think we all have messy corners. I might start showing more of our actual garden.. shameful it is 😂😂
It was the tomatoes yes!! Staging toppers is a good guess although I think I'm okay without them for now.
It's been interesting how many other people piped up and said they've had no problems with Sylvagrow this year 🤔
@@JBNat I’ve had some things grow well in it too. Tomatoes (dwarf house ones) and cape gooseberry are loving it, as are the aubergines. Maybe it’s just been a weird year for peppers.
Tomatoes are looking fantastic! They came up pretty quickly considering they’re outside.
So excited for this year.. I think you probably will be ok with the toppers because you’ve got the seed table.
JB. I find that all seed sown in seed/multipurpose compost needs a feed. Plus, although I’ve never tried Silvagrow, most composts have become more consistent than the past three years which is, I believe, the reason folk had been recommending Silvagrow that had been comparatively more reliable.
Yes…. I tend to give the vegetable beds and other areas a good tidy despite more tasks requiring priority. It’s like tackling owning up to one’s deficiencies that have been ignored.
I’m delighted to have removed the chitting potatoes from my window sills into the beds today. Shocked that despite all the rain this autumn/winter/spring, the beds were almost hydrophobic under the winter tarp. 😬.
Your beds are coming along beautifully. I’d keep the large bed… easier to net or for in-ground potatoes.
Some of our shorter, containable grasses are already going to seed. Incredibly early! Thought of you and hay fever. Windy, rainy weather keeping the pollen count at bay?
Pollen hasn't been too bad this year and I'm trying a new nasal spray which might be helping a lot. Have an appointment at the allergy clinic this week so fingers crossed!
Did you see the vid on the sylvagrow factory tour? Was so fascinating but in my vid on that I was definitely praising the consistency. Was cool to learn more about their ingredients on site.
I think your soil surface will probably sort itself out soon enough because the ground itself is likely plenty saturated ☺️
@@JBNat That’s great news about the new nasal spray. It’s understandable that some folk are wary of big pharma meds but it’s important to be able to live life when young and we all do better if our bodies aren’t constantly in an inflammatory state. Fingers crossed here too for a positive outcome at the allergy clinic.
I feel like no matter how much I tidy, the plot is always a mess.
Its like it's never ending
No YT, No building project, just forever messy
At least it's not just me!
My plot is tidy but it is only a half plot my garden is always a mess hopefully do better this year
What were all those creepy crawlies under the weed matting in the little bed next to the greenhouse? Were they woodlouse (that's what Google tells me what I'm thinking about are called in English at least)? And that robin was well close though! 😍
Yeah definitely woodlice! A few centipedes scurrying around too
Interesting what you said about the stalled growth with the sylvagrow.
I've got sweet peas (sown March 1st) in SG in the greenhouse which is where they've been since sowing and they're going great, can't say I've observed a stalling in them or the spring onions, sown the same date.
Perfect!
I think it's all those projects. You can't keep up on the day to day when you have big jobs that need doing.
Makes me feel better, thank you!
JB could you get a smaller cup with a flask
My chickens would have helped you out with all that grass😂
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Do you bokashi compost? I use that for re-sprucing spent compost
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I've seen videos where people just lay their potatoes on the ground and cover them with straw and the get a good harvest 🤔
I tried that a couple of years ago. It works!
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don’t use chicken compost on potatoes JB, watch tony o’neil’s videos he explains every thing you will ever need to know about container potatoes.
Tony's videos are great. He recommends BFB and then a higher K feed. I've used the pellets as a balanced feed (slightly higher in nitrogen for early growth) and then my pelleted fertilizer is very similar in NPK as the potato fertilizer which he recommends, so I don't think I'm far off.
Bev and i will be doing our potatoes soon, if the rain ever stops i could grow rice as the garden looks like a paddy field , we’ve a heavy clay and it now isn’t absorbing the water 😢😢
@@wjb2 yes it's the same up and down the country isn't it, the ground is utterly saturated
I been cleaning my garden area up for three days and so tried but it’s about to be ready for planting cleaning beds out fix’s bed like you put up new garden bed too❤