wart looking like growths on my spuds ?

Hi everyone,

we've been digging up our spuds some have the scab on them that i've seen the pictures from the other post - i haven't been watering them, but some of them have a wart like looking growth or a clump of warty growths on them - what is it ?  are they and the scaby spuds safe to eat if you cut it off ?  also when i've been digging out my earlies is it ok to plant my lates in the same space and then rotate to another patch the following year ?

Thank you

Speaking in general terms and leaving Christmas spuds aside, the answer is a definate "no" to planting lates after earlies.

This is not a rotation issue, but a question of timing. Late spuds take much longer to mature and should therefore be planted at the same time - if not sooner - than earlies.

For Christmas spuds, you plant an early variety as they are fast maturing.

You'll need more than fleece to keep the frosts out that we're likely to get before Christmas. It's OK it you're just expecting a couple of degrees of frost.