"Bertie Doe" wrote in news:at5kmnFip9aU1
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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ...

been told of an interesting site that has a list showing 'best' soil
temperatures for the germination of vegetables. Not sure who does the
actual website but it is quite interesting.

http://tinyurl.com/czvw2sk

I plant seed potato when the soil reaches 5C at a depth of 4 inches. My
'earlies' went in a week ago.




My earlies went in at roughly the same time. Surely the temp. does not
matter? I sometimes get a nice boiling from volunteers(ones missed from
previous crop which grow). They have been there for well over a year and
not rotted or gotten frost.
One year I will try and get a row in at November at say, 6" and see what
comes up in spring. Of course they will have to be insulated with a bit of
stuff such as leaves or any rotting vegetation, even horse manure. As in
their natural way of growing when..........

Baz