Potato competition - 3rd update

Competition amongst the Smart Solar team to see who can grow the most potatoes in a Haxnicks potato planter is hotting up. Some of us planted our seed potatoes weeks ago, others waited until after the cold spell and only planted them last weekend when spring finally arrived. The question is whose tactics are the right ones?

Jo planting her potatoes in her Haxnicks Potato Planters

Jo followed the instructions on the packaging, putting a few cetimetres of compost in the planter before placing the chitted potatoes gently on the bed of soil before covering with more compost. Once the sprouts get to 5cm, she is planning to cover them with more compost, repeating the process until the planter is full.

Lindsey's planters in the greenhouse

 Lindsey planted her potatoes at the weekend too, again carefully following the instructions, but she has a greenhouse so hers are enjoyed the warmer growing conditions and have already spouted (and her dad’s a gardening whizz!).

Charlotte's patio planter veg garden

Charlotte has a whole vegetable garden in planters – which all survived the snowy conditions. Her method was just to fill the planter with compost and add the potatoes and see what happens.




We’re all keeping an eye on what Sales Manager Malcolm does – he’s the Haxnicks expert, but he’s keeping very quite......!