Topic: GOOD FRIDAY POTATO PLANTING?

[apache]

I put half in friday the rest can wait ,who knows see which survive the best :-\

[manicscousers]

hiya, apache..welcome to the site  ;D

[sawfish]

mine went in a week ago. All of them second early and maincrop, planted quite deep about 10 inches on well rotted horse manure.

[sawfish]

Can someone tell me if its OK to plant potato tubers directly on top of horse manure if the manure has been rotting for 5 years or more and no longer even smells of anything?

[David R]

Sawfish, should be fine, sounds very inert so no risk of scalding. Even slightly fresher and it probably wouldnt harm, spuds are very resilient.

A point if i may about the timing - I personally reckon it makes no difference how early they go in, after all, those spuds left in the ground all year after getting inadvertently forgotten or those voulunteer spuds always seem to do extremely well, and they've been in all winter! I think the plants sort it out themselves - when its warm enough they will grow, otherwise, they sit tight.

[George the Pigman]

The key thing is when your last significant frosts are likely to be in your area. In Brum we can get them as late as the end of April. A couple of years ago all the "early spud planters" had their potato tops wiped out by a  frost at the end of April. You  can get away with it if you cover them with fleece but you have to be quick keep your eye out foon the weather forecasts!
I never bother putting any in until April.

[cornykev]

I put my third and last line of earlies in today.  ;D ;D ;D

[caroline7758]

I've got some main crops which I bought early and now have bigger chits than my earlies which I ordered from T & M and only got recently. Should I just put them all in at the same time (if I've got the energy!)?

[kt.]

Ain't got none in as yet. It has been either raining or snowing. Ground just isn't suitable digging as yet.  :(

[grawrc]

I think mine are starting to root in the eggboxes!!! :o :o

[betula]

Yes ,mine are now part of the family :)

[sawfish]

last frosts can be mid May here, so I suppose I could have waited but I like the tension!

[beckydore]

I put in my 2nd earlies last Tuesday as it was the only day I was going to be able to put them in for a while. The 1st earlies hadn't grown as much but they will go in soon. The maincrop are waiting for a while - I need to clear the space before they can go in.