Potato Advice Please?

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    I have planted potatoes for the first time this year, by basically just bunging a few potatoes into the ground!Please could someone explain first-earlies, second-earlies and main-crop? Also, are there any other important terms in potato-growing that it would be useful to understand?
     
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    See RHS guide: http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/crops/potatoes.asp

    "There are three main types - first earlies, second earlies and maincrops depending on when they are planted and harvested; grow a selection of all three for a long cropping period, and store maincrops over winter. Extra early potatoes can be obtained by planting varieties such as first earlies from late February under fleece or, better still, by growing individually in pots under glass."
     
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    Thanks, John, for your prompt replies. I have just read the RHS article - found out what I needed to know. I love this gardening discussion site!
     
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