[jimbeekeeper]

Hi

I planted all my potatoes (early, seconds main and even some from last year that has started sprouting) the week before good Friday in well prepared and drain soil.

All have shown signs of sprouting except the main crops of maris peer and piper which I bought from Wilkinson’s.

I have just had a dig around a few of them and they are basically just mush! with no signs of sprouting even though they where chitted well.

Any advice?

[Yorkie]

If they've gone to mush the most likely culprit sounds like frost damage - can't see them recovering, sorry.

It is just possible that they were duds but given that they had chitted fine, it sounds like an environmental reason rather than anything else.

[skywalker]

Oooh no! Also bought mine from Wilko and no sign of life yet either. Might have to go and give them an inspection  .Sounds like yours may have have rotted to me? Not too late to plant some more maincrop though I would have thought if they are no good?

[jimbeekeeper]

I think I will be rotovating the plot again

But will give me a chnace to try out my new howard 350

[rikknikk]

I planted some cheap ones from Wilko and they are sprouting fine, I also have a row of more expensive ones are there is no sign of any growth as yet

[sclarke624]

My Wilko Maris peer are fine and doing well so maybe not the fact they are wilko ones.

[penance]

Goof Friday?

[jimbeekeeper]

Do people think I should give them a bit longer, or risk running out of time to re plant a second lot of main crop?

[penance]

If they are mush then no point in leaving them longer.
Chuck some more in the ground and i would try to find another bit of ground just incase.

[jimbeekeeper]

Off to Home base on way home tommorow, just looked on their web site and they are selling all potatoes etc off at half price


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[GrannieAnnie]

one of our local garden centres had all their seed potatoes half price too today.  But I agree about it probably being environmental rather than the fact that they are from Wilko's, I've often bought from Wilko's and they've been fine.

[peterjf]

i have in the past had seed spuds from wilkos that went bad sticky smelly as they chitted ,

i buy mine from the range now , kestel and charlotte just started to poke through , bless em ,

planted them on good friday afternoon,

traditional time to plant out seed spuds in deepest darkest east yorkshire

[Paul Plots]

If it were me, and I was unable to come up with a cause, I think I would drop into Wilko and let them know. Perhaps others have had the same experience this year.

On the other hand - check to see how others around you did with their spuds if they were planted at a similar time and in similar conditions.

Potaotes tend to go like that if they are too cold - the starch tastes sweet (very unpleasant) when this happens.

I would give up on them and plant again - maybe in a different place though if you can

[Paul Plots]

I think I will be rotovating the plot again

But will give me a chnace to try out my new howard 350

Howard 350!!  Lucky thing.... I have a 200 and it is a wonderful old machine. The 350 is heavier and has a reverse - very useful 

Great for preparing the ground for spuds! 

[jimbeekeeper]

If it were me, and I was unable to come up with a cause, I think I would drop into Wilko and let them know. Perhaps others have had the same experience this year.

On the other hand - check to see how others around you did with their spuds if they were planted at a similar time and in similar conditions.

As I said I have another bed of earlys, seconds and even some of last years eaters saved, and they are all doing great.

But just the Wilkos that have gone to mush.

Will call in and see them, but what can they do?

Oh well, as I said gives me chnace to test out the new 350, and I am also lucky to have another bed allready for my salad crops etc, that has never had spuds in so will plant in there, and then put salads in where wilkos spuds where