Whoops!I will try again to grow taters.
Things my set up was perhaps wrong in...
Not sunny enough, only about 6 hours there.
Not enough breathing holes, think big tree pots with holes in the bottom only.
To wet
No magic crystals
Did not bury deep enough when covering sprouts
Wrong dirt.......gonna have to research that....we used bagged organic potting soil with some chicken compost.
Yes taters are inexpensive in the store but dang am I ever tired of relying on the stores. Not to mention all recalls and issues of late with listeria, e-coli and other stuff.
We had been using frozen veggies a few weeks before a recall announcement. EVERY bag of veggies we had were in the recall batches.
SO a question.... Can the tater dirt be used to grow peppers or other veggies or refreshed in spring for more taters?
Cabbage would be OK after potatos, too. The diseases that like tomato/potato family are different than the bugs that want your cabbage family greens. I like Bok Choy, it is quick and easy to grow. You can grow it in the fall, they stand a bit of frost, just not Colorado level of snow!
It's no trouble at allThings like swiss chard or lettuces would work? Or is swiss chard to close to cabbages?
I pretty much had to teach myself everything from cooking to critters to gardens. Been on my own since I was 15 so it's been an adventure.
I know a lot of the questions I have are like "gardening 101" level lol.
Cooking was a must as daughter had bad food allergies.
Gardening is a challenge as my soil is horrible bentonite. It is worse then clay. It heaves and cracks and has basically no nutrients.
I bought a truck load of "good" soil. It turns out it had been contaminated with 24D. Everything goes in raised beds or pots now.
I thank you all for your patience with my learning.
Thanks @Parront ! I have never grown bok choy but I love it stirfried!
In your area, you could try them in the fall, a little frost doesn't bother it. It grows all winter in Seattle. I covered it with an old bed sheet if snow was predicted, it was fine. I like it all sizes, the chickens love to old outer leaves that are just a little to tough for good stir fry. Grow it like cabbage, in the spring the cabbage moths destroy it. That is when you turn the chickens into the bok choy. Chickens get the old tough veggies, seasoned with cabbage loopers!
It looks good from the picture....it appears to be scabbing up. That is normal.
Home schooled all my life until last year, when I went into high school, skipping 8th grade.
