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Is it too early to buy seed potatoes?
Whilst being in a garden centre today, under orders from SWMBO, I noticed they had bags of seed potatoes on sale, I would have thought it a bit early to buy them, or am I being normally silly? Alan |
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Is it too early to buy seed potatoes?
Alan Holmes wrote:
: Whilst being in a garden centre today, under orders from SWMBO, I : noticed they had bags of seed potatoes on sale, I would have thought : it a bit early to buy them, or am I being normally silly? : : Alan Maybe slightly early but not by a lot. As long as you have somewhere well lit, cool and frost free to chit them you should be ok |
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Is it too early to buy seed potatoes?
I have mine now
I ordered them from Marshalls - they say they will deliver from Nov onwards. Had mine just before Xmas. they are chitting now in egg boxes Not sure if this advice I was given is sound but if they sprout too early for you to put in the ground then you can rub the sprouts off and then let them re-grow I'm told that the ideal is to have 4 sprouting to a length of about an inch and that they should be green hope this helps and if my info is incorrect then I'm sure it will be corrected. Alan "Robert" wrote in message ... Alan Holmes wrote: : Whilst being in a garden centre today, under orders from SWMBO, I : noticed they had bags of seed potatoes on sale, I would have thought : it a bit early to buy them, or am I being normally silly? : : Alan Maybe slightly early but not by a lot. As long as you have somewhere well lit, cool and frost free to chit them you should be ok |
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Is it too early to buy seed potatoes?
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... Whilst being in a garden centre today, under orders from SWMBO, I noticed they had bags of seed potatoes on sale, I would have thought it a bit early to buy them, or am I being normally silly? Alan Remember they have already been harvested (last year) and stored for some some time so as long as you keep them dark, cool and frost free they will be ok. naturally do not plant out until usual time for variety - lates early & earlies late. March-May |
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