The extremely wet conditions over the past month have really finished this bed off.
A few unhealthy looking broad bean plants are finally starting to produce some pods. It is interesting that it waited until the potatoes were finished before producing.
The potato plants have withered to almost nothing - quite possibly hit by blight while we were on holiday for 3 weeks.
This is a surprisingly decent harvest of potatoes from one of the plants, given the lack of fertility, poor bed preparation, the drought in April, the frost at the end of May, and the miserable summer weather. We had planted fewer potatoes in this bed than in others giving each plant more space which would have helped to increase the yield of each plant. The nitrogen fixed onto the roots of the peas and beans will have also helped.
The extremely wet conditions over the past month have really finished this bed off.
A few unhealthy looking broad bean plants are finally starting to produce some pods. It is interesting that it waited until the potatoes were finished before producing.
The potato plants have withered to almost nothing - quite possibly hit by blight while we were on holiday for 3 weeks.
This is a surprisingly decent harvest of potatoes from one of the plants, given the lack of fertility, poor bed preparation, the drought in April, the frost at the end of May, and the miserable summer weather. We had planted fewer potatoes in this bed than in others giving each plant more space which would have helped to increase the yield of each plant. The nitrogen fixed onto the roots of the peas and beans will have also helped.
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