[digalotty]

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

[Benandbill]

digalotty is planting them deeper better protection against the frost I wonder?

[Kim50]

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

[Benandbill]

Does anyone know if putting them in deeper is better protection against frost?  Common sense would tell me yes, but it's not something I have in abundance 

[DD.]

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!

[Thrift]

I put in 2 rows of earlies yesterday and hopefully 2 more today. That's the lot ...... certainly not in DD's league 

[Benandbill]

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 

[Salmo]

It might warm up for the next couple of weeks, but what's the forecast for May?

The forcast for May is easy

"As many frosts in May as fogs in March"

How many fogs is that, four, five and more forecast.