Yes they should be, don't think potatoes can pick up weils disease, unlike us. However, home made compost is only suitable for use in pots IF it's been produced using a hot compost method, meaning it's ready for use within about 3 months. If yours is a cold, anaerobic heap, then the compost so produced should really only be used on open ground.

I hope this is the right place to say - thankyou very much, Bamboo. I think I need to change the compost then. That is very helpful.

Yep, it was the right place - if you answer a question, you get a notification every time something's added.

Cal1 thanks for adding your thanks on the same thread. It gets my goat when every extra contribution or thank you goes on another thread - you end up with a fearful tangle and the comments get lost.

Go to the top of the class, and have a gold star to stick in your exercise book! ;-)

Ooh, Beattie, thankyou!

:-) You're welcome!