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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: olicat on June 15, 2008, 16:28:03

Title: potatoes
Post by: olicat on June 15, 2008, 16:28:03
Is it too late to put in any kind of potatoe??
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: allaboutliverpool on June 15, 2008, 16:37:57
No.
If you plant now, you will benefit from warm soil and long hours ofdaylight.
Try a maincrop variety as they will continue growing longer, but you will still be able to dig the first roots in early September!

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_potatoes.html
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: posie on June 15, 2008, 16:39:20
Probably getting the seed potatoes now will be your biggest challenge, someone on here may know where you can get them though.  Good luck!
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Fork on June 15, 2008, 17:06:36
The seed catalogues will soon be selling seed potatoes for Christmas.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on June 15, 2008, 19:38:53
Earlies would still be fine, you might get away with an early maincrop, just.
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: mark45 on June 15, 2008, 19:42:06
phooo i was going to ask this to. but i already put some in thank god its ok lol
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: cornykev on June 16, 2008, 20:30:05
I planted two and a half rows of PFA on the 8th I don't know why I left it this late  ???  but I didn't dig last years up until November, so they will still have plenty of time in the ground.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Trevor_D on June 16, 2008, 20:36:03
Kev, you can lift PFA in January and get a much bigger crop. They don't lift them commercially until the first week in November. (And the slugs don't seem to like them.)
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: cornykev on June 17, 2008, 19:29:54
I will heed your advise Trev and your right about the slugs not one was touched last year, I don't think they like the nobbly bits.  ;D ;D ;D