Seed Potatoes

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    Barndym Apprentice Gardener

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    I was in B&Q diy store today and they have seed potatoes on sale, when is the best time to buy them?

    Rab
     
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    the end of Febuary, then you only have to keep them frost free for three to four weeks, before planting them last weekend of March. store in a light, frost free place to chit.
     
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    Started ours (Charlotte, earlies) chitting in greenhouse the first week in January. Sowed them in buckets in a polytunnel in the third week in February and picked the first of the crop on 21st May. I also sowed some in the compost heap in February - these cropped later but produced a very much better yield.
     
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    Dave, I`m going to try them in the compost heap this year.
     
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