[Pompey Spud]

But Bigben..i'm a wee bit more down south

[new_2_veg]

dont know when to plant ine,

no frosts here for a few nights now none forcast, ground is damp, dry on the top moist a inch down but breaks up nice

whats people think?

nathan

[Aidy]

I may put a row of earlies in this weekend and delay the other row for a week or so. Mains will go in at the end of the month.

[Dan78]

Im thinking of giving my first earlies a go this weekend too if the weather stays like this until then! Its supposed to be getting warmer from next weekend.. although thats according to my dad and i have no idea how he knows this

[Mark-S]

mine have been in 2 weeks under fleece and the maincrops went in this weekend, again under fleece.

However i grow my potatoes the farming way - ie planted directly into ridges which have been warming up for several weeks.

[Flump]

 I am a complete beginner and put mine in this morning,oops!too early perhaps?I don't know.

[Mark-S]

I am a complete beginner and put mine in this morning,oops!too early perhaps?I don't know.

dont worry the spuds will decide if the soil is warm enough to grow or not

[stentman]

Mine are going in tomorrow morning. The weather here for Friday is lots of rain, so the ground might be a tad wet for planting anything on the weekend then we on our hols. Also some of my seed spuds are looking a bit prune like as they use their reserves to make shoots.

[digalotty]

the plot is ready and my bags are ready and the spuds are ready just waiting for the weather,  this coming weekend i hope  and i will use the trench method on the plot

[Sven The Swede]

Will not be putting mine in until after easter monday and my lates a couple of weeks after that.

[Ivah]

Who started this nonsense idea that Easter has anything to do with planting times - it varies by a month if you haven't noticed!

[Kristen]

Who started this nonsense idea that Easter has anything to do with planting times - it varies by a month if you haven't noticed!

That's my thinking too ... but Easter varieties with the Moon, and there is lots of folklore about planting with Moon cycles ... so the two may be related. Its why the weather is always perfect at Easter

[MoreWhisky]

Im going to put a few earlies in today. Prob about 5m as thats all the fleece ive got spare for the frosts.

[HugglescoteGrower]

I don't think it was suggested that you should plant spuds at Easter, more like Easter may be an ideal time this year, what with the late spring and the dates it falls on giving many people extra time to work on their allotments.

Touch wood my 1st and 2nd earlies will go in this weekend and mains next weekend under cloches if reqd

[Apostrophes]

I planted mine around about this time last year, which was before anyone else on my allotments by a couple of weeks, but they worked out okay. This year it seems to me that the spring has come about a month later than it did last year so I may wait till the end of March. I'll see if this week's weather holds. I saw a few honey bees yesterday so I am hopeful!

Richard