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grannyjanny
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Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 21, 2009, 21:33:57 »
I've got some organic Lady Balfour potatoes that I want to plant for Christmas potatoes, not seed by the way. I've used a few of them & the insides of a couple were black. Will they still be OK to plant them or will they just rot.
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Digeroo
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Re: Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 21, 2009, 22:30:39 »
I recently had some desiree which had a hole in the centre surrounded by black. Never seen this before. Threw them all away.
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midnightvelvet
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Re: Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 24, 2009, 00:24:18 »
Which varieties are sold for growing specifically for christmas?
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grannyjanny
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Lives in Cheshire. Light sandy soil. Loves no dig.
Re: Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 24, 2009, 07:30:04 »
I've got vivaldi from T&M & I've seen Carlingford advertised. They were planting Charlotte on Beechgrove this week that they had saved from the spring planting & there are others. I've got some pink fir apple theat I forgot to plant so will give them a go.
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Barnowl
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Re: Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 24, 2009, 09:28:36 »
These chaps do them...
http://www.jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk/autumn-and-christmas-potatoes-c11.html
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GodfreyRob
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Re: Potatoes for Christmas.
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July 24, 2009, 10:22:22 »
When I heard about spuds for xmas I thought what a great idea - but then I read the which report on them and was put off a bit.
http://www.which.co.uk/advice/potatoes-for-christmas/which-grows-second-crop-potato-tubers/index.jsp
The price for these 'special' seed potaotes plus lots of compost makes the whole thing daft - unles you can produce your own compost of course.
However, I have some 'normal' king edwards that I have chitted but no space to put them in - they are still in the dark in my shed and look to be alive. Might plant them anyway to see what happens....
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