1st earlies going in 24th March...

mine are going in but it will be a long time before they show ,  i like em deep

Mine are going in this weekend.  Dig deep holes and drop them in

Marginally I'd say.

Obviously they'd take a bit longer to break the surface, but once the chits really start growing they'd cover those few extra inches in a matter of days.

To save myself extra work, I'd sooner wait those few days before planting. I like to "trench" my spuds so that I can spread out the fertiliser so it's not just in the one spot, just like the plant spreads itself out.

It's harder work digging down a few more inches than waiting for a few days!

Ah well, the 1st earlies went in so deep yesterday they'll either come out at Christmas or they'll be popping up in Australia