Planning Planting New Potatoes

Great tips Hortoris. However, I'm lucky if I can even dig down 1/2" in March. The ground is still frozen at that time. LOL

The tips are great,
perhaps worth emigrating to good ol' Blighty, Gilli?
I've just had a look at www.gardenerstips.co.uk which is full of good stuff too, even some links to material from the other side of the BIg Pond.
Many thanks for posting this Blog, hortoris, and welcome to GoY.
I have been collecting egg boxes for chitting my seed potatoes and will certainly be referring to your tips.

I knew there must be something I've been saving egg boxes for - now I know!
I would love to try growing potatoes, would Thompson and Morgan been ok to buy seed potatoes from?

Bought some first earlies today, Pentland Javelin and Accent. Going to grow them in large tubs this year.
Grew them in old compost bags last year.

I haven't got room for potatoes in the garden so last yr I tried them in big tubs. I had no success atall.
Will the varieties you suggest grow in tubs ? I'd like to try again.

2 years ago I grew some in buckets Hywel, can't remember the variety! Realised the buckets should have been deeper but did get a 'crop', so worth a try again with a suitable variety.

thanks for the tips

If you have a Wyvale Garden centre anywhere near you (UK), they are currently stocking a whole variety of excellent seed potatoes.
I have just bought approx 100 Seed Desirees for under £10.50, which is much better value than T&M, especially with no postage costs!
I plant in rows about two feet apart with seeds about 18 inches apart - always into a six inch layer of well rotted manure mixed with garden compost and a sprinkling of chicken manure pellets on top of that.
I embed the seed potatoes into that layer which is in the bottom of a pre-dug one foot trench, after which I back fill the trench and earth up. (I don't find it at all necessary to wait until the first leaves show before earthing up). Keep well watered.
Have been doing this for twenty odd years, and invariably harvest a huge crop after 16 to 18 weeks.

I have new spuds to harvest for Christmas grown in pots under an overhanging roof. All I needed was some ols potatoes that had sprouted and a buit of watering

Just found this blog, good tips, thanks. I only plant potatoes when the ones I bought to eat start sprouting. I have to use pots and planters in my outdoor space - I need to know what kind of spacing I should use - I want to use as few pots as possible but don't want to crowd them too much. Any suggestions, please? thanks!