I've always put them in in or very close to 'Good Friday', only because my brother and Dad did. They used to tell me that it was because 'Good Friday' was a day they could remember easily rather than a 'date'!
The only reason I used supermarket potatoes this year is because my local Wilkos closed down and local garden centres were charging an arm and a leg for minimum 2kg bags.
That and the fact I'm growing in raised beds in my own garden, so no chance of contamination anywhere else and as space is limited, I only needed a few potatoes as seed, so cost was also a main factor!

Hi Everyone.
I've been growing potatoes for many years but never had this happen before. I set 2 rows of 8 Charlott's at the end of March, covered them in fleece, I could see them coming up, 1 row has come up as a row which I've hilled up the other has come up all over the place nowhere near a row I know they don't always come up in a straight line but they are usually in a rough looking row, this is nowhere near, this 1 row covers the area of 2+ rows  My question is. Can I just put a thick layer of compost over the whole area. I realize digging them up is going to be interesting. Any thoughts or suggestions. I did'nt grow potatoes there last year.
Keith.

I just grow first or second earlies and put them in when the ground is warm enough, checking from the equinox. It was warm enough by the second week of march thanks to the mild winter I suppose (8.5c recorded 4 inches down), I put them in on the 23rd. We could potentially get frosts into may and I just mulch the shoots and cover with cardboard and cloche if frost threatens, which it did this year end of April. Last year we had a -3c that killed the shoots end of April as I couldn't get out to cover them. It did put them back a few weeks

A lot of dogs eat fresh manure with no ill effects. Mine eats sheep, rabbit and horse when it gets the chance. I’d check the bag to see if there is anything added to make the granules, but doubt there anything to worry about now that the dog’s been sick.

 That was hard going 4 today