[Remy]

Got my seed potatoes today, 56 first earlies and 38 main crop all in their egg box to chit until they go in the ground!

[Totty]

Mine have also arrived this week, 3kg of Lady Christl and 3kg of vales sovereign. I was not too sure as to when i needed to start them chitting. I take it i should start now? Can they both be planted out at the same time?

Totty

[Remy]

I got 3kg of Duke of York and 3kg of Cara. I've just started chitting them as it is a bit too cold to store them in the garage and figure out that they probably would start chiting in the bag anyway.
I normally plant my potatoes mid April after the last frost wheather they are earlies or main crops.  I only got two years experience in allotment growing so still kind of a newbie but others more experience forum users might pop in for tips. Always worth asking.

[DD.]

I normally plant my potatoes mid April after the last frost

Mid April will surely be well before the last frost. It certainly was last year!

[mumofstig]

Mine are happily chitting in the back porch
down where you are you should be able to plant your earlies in mid-late march, as long as you earth up if a late frost is forecast when they have grown through..I plant mine on 17th

The others get put in between then and the middle of April.

[Remy]

Thanks for the advice mumofstig, gives me something to look forward to as I can't wait to be able to plant something soon.It keeps on raining here and can't do much at the plot at the moment, so frustrating!

[solway cropper]

If you want a really early crop and can offer them some protection you can pop some into a container and start them off in a greenhouse or conservatory. I did a couple of lots last year at the end of Feb/beginning of March and ate my first new potatoes on 28th May.

I started my outdoor spuds on 20th March in pre-warmed soil and covered them with fleece. Although we had some hard frosts after that they all survived.

[DD.]

Planted mine Mid-May last year.

Best ever crop.

[Chrysalis]

Wish mine had!  Ordered a couple of weeks ago and getting impatient to chit!

My deep beds (50cm) are supposed to be planted with first earlies next month! Sounds really early to me, but I'm a newbie, so what do I know?  We can protect easily as each planter is small and can be wrapped up, so I'll give it a try..... 
Good luck with your spuds,

Chysalis

[DD.]

February is way too early in my book.

Mid March at the earliest, but if I'd done that last year, I'd still have lost the lot, like a lot of my fellow plot holders.

Don't be too eager, so often we've seen it lead to tears.

[NASH]

I normally plant my potatoes mid April after the last frost

Mid April will surely be well before the last frost. It certainly was last year!

I planted 5 Lady Chrystl in a cold frame today as an experiment.

[DD.]

I hope they do well.

There's a couple on here couldn't get hold of them this year to give them a decent burial!

[Totty]

Really? I ordered 1.5kg which were delivered on monday, then another lot delivered on the tuesday, Obviously i informed the company of their error! If anyone wants to swap a few in my area you are more than welcome

Totty

[Sweet Pea 2]

I think I am going to do one row of earlies mid March, another early April and then wait until late April - mid May, probably a bit staggered to put the rest in.  I am going to be strict with myself this year.  I don't mind losing a couple of rows but I had a very poor crop last year.

[bigben]

I planted on St Patricks day last year (Mar 17th) because I had heard it was the traditional day for planting but I still managed to lose half a row to frost. I think I will leave it until April 1st and hope I am not made to look like a fool this year