"La Puce" wrote in message
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On 8 May, 20:00, "Alan McKenzie" wrote:
I've seen advertised potatoes that you can plant to be ready for
Christmas
is that what you mean - I plan on trying that this year - I think
Charlotte
are a potatothat can be planted then - maybe I'm barking up the wrong
tree.

No you're not. These are planted in July to be harvested for Christmas
- but not planted in the autumn to be harvested in spring. A wet and
warm winter would be fatal for the spuds.


When we had our big garden we had a couple of poly tunnels. A ritual we
started which went on for a number of years, was to plant our potatoes in
one of the tunnels on Boxing Day!!!! We were harvesting new spuds before
Easter :-)) I must admit the poly tunnels were in a sheltered part and we do
live on the south coast of the Isle of Wight :-)


Mike


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