Potatoes - where to start? (Merged Thread)

melanie22_2

It really depends what potatoes they are. Earlies, main crop etc as to when they will be big enough to pull out but if they are sown april they might be main crop which will crop sometime september or october. Im also no authority and im sure there are many more here much more knowledgable but thats just my experience

Bugatti_Boi

noonesperfect wrote: »

Hi I hope this will help answer your questions.

Did you let them chit (sprout) before you planted them?

http://www.allotment.org.uk/vegetable/potato/potato-growing-guide.php

I'm not an authority on growing spuds as I only started last year, but my friend and I shared a bag of seed potatoes and I did brilliantly (about a stone of spuds from 6 seed potatoes) where she got pretty much nothing. We both grew them in containers, she tucked hers away in the shade and mine were out in the sun against a south-facing wall. So I guess they like the light and the warmth.

Good luck anyway - hope you do well, it's a great feeling!

they were already sprouted before I put them under soil in the garden and I will also do what you said about them and move them in to the sun

arkonite_babe

We have a thread similar to this already, I'll add your query to it so all the replies are together. Posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up