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Dirty Spuds

Joecole

Joecole

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If like me you live on heavy clay soil your root veg will come up covered in mud and you can spend ages scrubbing them clean before peeling them so I came up with a novel idea to make life easier. Take the required number of potatoes and stick them in the dishwasher (minus the dishwasher tab obviously) stick the washer on a half hour wash cycle and turn it on. Believe me having just done it I assure you that it does work
 
I had the same problem with Jerusalem Artichokes Joe. My wife bought one of those cages with a lid for deep frying chips. We place the dirt covered Jerusalem Artichokes in that & simply agitate it in a deep flower pot. Works beautifully:)
Keith.
 
Keith said:
I had the same problem with Jerusalem Artichokes Joe. My wife bought one of those cages with a lid for deep frying chips. We place the dirt covered Jerusalem Artichokes in that & simply agitate it in a deep flower pot. Works beautifully:)
Keith.
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I just needs ingenuity Keith, I love my Jerusalem artichokes roasted because it really brings out the sweet smokey flavor
 
Joecole said:
I just needs ingenuity Keith, I love my Jerusalem artichokes roasted because it really brings out the sweet smokey flavor
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Totally agree Joe, roasting is the best way.
Keith.
 
bushcraftbob said:
A simple solution would be to grow them in hay or under black plastic membrane (spuds)
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We have a crop under hay in a raised garden bed Bob. Didn't get much of a crop this way last year, have to wait & see what we get this year.
Keith.
 
Keith said:
We have a crop under hay in a raised garden bed Bob. Didn't get much of a crop this way last year, have to wait & see what we get this year.
Keith.
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last year I grew some in compost in specially designed bags and they were excellent
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bushcraftbob said:
Old tyres stacked on top of each other filled with compost works very well also very easy to harvest and they don't decompose
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We did try that one time too Bob, but not with compost & I think the soil was pretty poor. We are thinking of getting another truck load of mushroom compost so I might try it again:thumbsup:
Keith.
 
Keith said:
We did try that one time too Bob, but not with compost & I think the soil was pretty poor. We are thinking of getting another truck load of mushroom compost so I might try it again:thumbsup:
Keith.
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Spent mushroom compost Tidy (y) I use to get that give a good watering put in a dark warm place mushrooms for weeks, then used it as compost
 
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