Replacing my Second Early Charlotte Potatoes

Thanks Steve, I'll put them in this weekend then! Wahoo!

 

Put mine in a few days ago, they are a lot smaller than they usually are at this time of year.

 

Can you still grow carrots then? For some reason I thought that bought had sailed now it's summer time. I have loads of space in my vegetable beds as my broccoli crops failed that I want to fill with something

 

Time to start thinking about sowing for winter cropping soon too, Lambs Lettuce, Mizuna & Land Cress.

Although the Garden Centre didn't have separate packets of Mizuna this year, had to buy it in a salad mix.

 

Always a killjoy available when you don't want one, eh?

 

I have read this thread with interest. I have received a bag of Charlotte seed potatoes for planting ready for Chirstmas.

I plan to plant them in bags separate from my current lot of Charlottes which are just coming to the boil now.

Do I need to chit the second lot of Charlottes or just get on with planting them in bags?

 

It seems all of my carrot seedlings have failed because of the heat and fun sun on them.

 

I don't plant mine until 01-Aug, so I would chit them until then. There is no need to chit seed potatoes, it just means that they have started growing so they "get on with it" more quickly once planted.

The potatoes will be ready X-weeks (depending on 1st/2nd early, and specific variety) after planting, but they will stop growing when the cold weather arrives, so calculated back from that for the best time to plant them.