"Neil Jones" wrote in message
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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"Neil Jones" writes:
| "Mark" wrote in message
| .org...
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| I see that thompson-morgan.com sell tubers for a few quid, but I
| presume
| these need chitting which is going to take some time. Everything
I've
| read suggests that the potatoes need planting about now, so do I
have
| time to chit and plant this year?
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| I've been a bit slow getting my spuds chitted but I think they'll
be OK.

Ignore anything that says that. It is total bullshit. My soil
only warmed up enough to plant broad beans a couple of weeks back,
and I shan't be planting potatoes for a while yet. They are
sitting there chitting slowly to themselves.

Yes, you have time. Even for (latish) first earlies.

I've just dug up a few potatoe left in he ground from last year, and they
are
not exactly very far advanced ( small shoots, les than a half inch long ).
My soil is clay so is cold, but left to their own devices they would have
developed normally, so it's not too late.

Andy.