New to growing potatoes in Warwickshire

Start chitting new potatoes now for planting out in late March / early April. They need to be kept in a cool, light frost free place and take about 4 – 6 weeks before their ready for planting. Where you are in Warwickshire you should be OK to plant them out at the end of March so that you miss the late frost when they pop their heads out. Late potatoes can be chitted a few weeks later and planted out mid April. Spuds like plenty of food so manure them and feed them well. When they are growing above ground you will need to cover them with fleece or sheets if frost is forecast as it will knock them back a couple of weeks if the leaves get touched.

Nothing better than home grown spuds, boiled fresh with loads of butter hmmmmm .

Good luck.

No your not too early Mandy. Just keep them in a cool frost free place and they will be fine. If they grow shoots beyond 20mm or so just be careful when planting them.