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Hi can I olant some potatoes now for exmas

Yes the small ones from this years crop , but will need protection from frost !!

oh ****** did not keep those, will remember that next year

Quote from: GRACELAND on August 19, 2008, 14:13:31
Yes the small ones from this years crop , but will need protection from frost !!

Not particularly good advice without pointing out what problems may occur when planting your own potato sets and not certified ones

what problems do you get with them

Quote from: davyw1 on August 19, 2008, 14:33:22

Quote from: GRACELAND on August 19, 2008, 14:13:31
Yes the small ones from this years crop , but will need protection from frost !!

Not particularly good advice without pointing out what problems may occur when planting your own potato sets and not certified ones

Its ok for Xmas ones if not Blight Infected  ..But not for Main ones  ;)

thank you Graceland, but where do I get them from ?

My own Ones !!!

you may find some in a local nursery, all of the websites i know of are totally out of stock im looking too though do have some of my earlies left

Quote from: Kingfisher on August 19, 2008, 15:05:51
thank you Graceland, but where do I get them from ?

When you planted you Spuds  Normal ones ,When you Dig them up (it not diseased ) Uses a few of the small ones  ;)

DT Browns are doing 12 early potato tubers for £4.95 - kerching!

Thank you all for your reply's, I have not been a gardener for long, found a lot from internet and books, I have tried all the somes locally but all sold out, the last lot I did was bought from aldi they started sprouting so I put them in, they had blight realy bad, not sure if that was the pots or just blight in general I will keep looking fopr some.

Ask around on your allotments - maybe a fellow plotter will have some spares.

If your really worried about disease - you'd probably be better off buying some good supermarket ones and using them - they'd probably have less chance of having disease. When i mean good ones i mean not your standard Tesco's / JS baby new potatoes as i'm convinced these are just surplus small main crop spuds.

Quote from: keef on August 20, 2008, 11:03:11
If your really worried about disease - you'd probably be better off buying some good supermarket ones and using them - they'd probably have less chance of having disease. When i mean good ones i mean not your standard Tesco's / JS baby new potatoes as i'm convinced these are just surplus small main crop spuds.
[/quote thanks I will try that but if I put them in now will they grow as my last lot had blight
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Quote from: keef on August 20, 2008, 11:03:11
If your really worried about disease - you'd probably be better off buying some good supermarket ones and using them - they'd probably have less chance of having disease. When i mean good ones i mean not your standard Tesco's / JS baby new potatoes as i'm convinced these are just surplus small main crop spuds.

Vivaldi and Charlotte are both second earlies and good for container growing. I'm thinking of trying Exquisa from Tescos