Has anyone grown New spuds for Christmas day?

My Christmas potatoes didn't actually grow to maturity this past year, as a storm wrecked the greenhouse and they got devastated, so I chucked them out, but i ad some last year, grown in 12inch pots in greenhouse and covered with fleece when it was really cold!!  Harvest wasn't great, but we did get a dish of new potatoes on New Year's day, and they were supermarket Charlotte's tht I planted.  Will try again this year, but in the polytunnel and extra protected by fleece.

Reckon you couldn't replant this year's tubers & expect them to grow in August. They need a prolonged period of dormancy before they will re-sprout. You could put some in your fridge now & desprain them a couple of times. Or buy from T&M

I planted Charlotte & International Kidney end Feb/early Mar in bags in cold frames, then taken out and put in empty compost/manure/straw bays and covered when cold, and expect to harvest next month so I could keep them cool for a while until end Aug



Top of mesh is 1 metre high. The ones in the pots were planted later and are going to have polythene dpm collars/be earthed up. B&Q black rubble bags are bigger and 10p each.

And, but don't quote me, when I asked the man from T&M if I could simply use my own tubers he said he didn't see why not but they probably would not be virus free.