I just dug out some from last year and the tubers seem green fleshy and, well Alive. am i wrong??they were bought when flowering and i planted them and they were a real sucess.
Im gonna put 15 in a row about 30cm apart. Shall i dig a trench or can i just dig small holes to put them in. iv heard they love horse manure so im gonna put a turd in each hole.....
I think it is too early to be planting tubers into the soil yet. Shoots will normally appear within 3 weeks if planted in the ground, so they will be up by early May with a risk of frosts for another 3 weeks after that. As already said the new shoots are very susceptible to frosts. Here in Sheffield I start some in pots in cold greenhouse at the end of April and some directly into the ground in mid May.
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But has it??
You might do better to pot them up first and plant out in about a month
I cant keep the pots indoors.
I just dug out some from last year and the tubers seem green fleshy and, well Alive. am i wrong??they were bought when flowering and i planted them and they were a real sucess.
But you can whip them indoors if a late frost is threatened- if they are in pots
It is a judgement call-it is the tops that get damaged by frost-like potatoes-it may be worth the risk-it may not
But being in pots-you have the above option
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Great stuff.
Im gonna put 15 in a row about 30cm apart. Shall i dig a trench or can i just dig small holes to put them in. iv heard they love horse manure so im gonna put a turd in each hole.....
Good idea????
No way to the turd in each hole as that will burn your tuber. They are not rotted enough to use on the garden yet.
Ok
Iv dug a trench and mixed a bit of horse du da with the siol iv dug out, not to muck tho, as i havnt got that moch
as you can probebly tell, im a novice....
I think it is too early to be planting tubers into the soil yet. Shoots will normally appear within 3 weeks if planted in the ground, so they will be up by early May with a risk of frosts for another 3 weeks after that. As already said the new shoots are very susceptible to frosts. Here in Sheffield I start some in pots in cold greenhouse at the end of April and some directly into the ground in mid May.
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