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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: The Golden Heap on May 19, 2012, 12:13

Title: Late Potatoes
Post by: The Golden Heap on May 19, 2012, 12:13

What is the best potatoe to plant for Christmas spuds, in open ground??

Title: Re: Late Potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 19, 2012, 12:32

None of them :( Either blight or cold will get them.

A few people have reported success with growing them in tubs which can be moved to the greenhouse when the weather starts to get colder.

This thread explains my comments
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=87198.msg968476#msg968476

If you search the forum for Chri**mas Potatoes there are lots of posts in the same vein

Title: Re: Late Potatoes
Post by: The Golden Heap on May 19, 2012, 17:40

thanks for the replt. ta