On 31/07/2013 17:14, wrote:
In article ,
Janet wrote:
In article , says...

iirc SW lives in Manchester, likely to have potatoes killed by frost
before then.

NO. Don't start your negative "information"

YES

http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/tech/frost.htm

And remember that is average. The earliest frost hard enough to
kill potatoes that I have seen in Cambridge was in early September,
and the latest in January.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Lucky you, just south of Stoke-n-Trent we had a frost early June that
finished off half the spuds in our allotment, the other half were untouched.