Topic: Where are my spuds?

[AndrewB]

I Planted my spuds on April 4th and there's nothing showing yet.  A few rogue ones are coming up where they shoudn't but nothing where they should be. Should I worry yet? I see some people are digging up spuds - I am in the cold North.

[saddad]

Even in Rossendale I would expect them to have come through by now, which part of Rochdale? is the site shaded that can make a big difference to the soil warming up... should be through soon, if not certain fork up one end of one row and you should find the tuber and shoots!
 ;D

[DenBee]

I don't know enough about growing spuds to know if you should be worried - or come to that what to do if you are  :) - but I just thought I'd check in as another frozen Northerner.  I live in the North East of England, planted my spuds - earlies and maincrop - on the Easter weekend, and they started peeking through about 3 weeks ago.

[AndrewB]

My allotment isn't particularly shady,I may dig a few up and see what I find. I have worried about spuds before and they have come up eventually but most other peoples seem to be growing well on nearby plots.

[sarah]

its straange that you have nothing showing yet. funnily enough i planted mine out on the same date.  admittedly i am on the south coast but still it does sound a bit odd.  i would certainly dig one up and see whats occuring.

[supersprout]

I planted mine a week later than you sarah, and there are just a couple showing (Kerr's Pink and Pink Fir Apple), all the others are still hidden. I'm in the middle of the country. I planted about 4-6 inches deep - planting depth as well as temperature might affect how fast they come up.

[growmore]

How deep were they planted ? and were they sprutted? >Cheers  Jim