Potato Fertiliser

Hi All

Has any one used Marshalls Organic Extra compost for potatoes if so what are the results, last year I had my worst year ever and I think I need to add something.

I have compost but only stuff I have made from grass cuttings and vegetable waste with some cardboard thrown in for good measure.

Dave

 

That'll be a well balanced compost with the added cardboard

I usually make a liquid feed for the spuds, cramming a load of weeds into a bucket of water

 

Ok great that sounds like a good idea. I have ordered the fertiliser from marshalls see what that's like

Cheers

 

Is it worth me going to the horse stables and getting a load of horses muck to chuck over the whole area and let it slowly rot down for a few weeks before I plant the spuds.

Or even chuck it on the run the rotovator over it again?

Dave
Muck Chucker !!

 

It'll rot down better in a heap, pile it up around a bit of drainpipe, then pull the pipe out to let some air in the middle, takes about 6 weeks

 

Horses manure is full of WEEDS what they eat passes through, so unless the manure is from Racing Stables or a winter fed on hay and oats, you are creating problems unless you let it well rot down

 

Thanks both for your comments, I will try to find the older stuff at the horse stables, good job you said that Jack, great tip saved me a lot of weeding.

Thanks Zigs as always great advice

Cheers