Planting out seed potatoes

[devon-surfer]

I have just received some seed potatoes to plant out for a christmas harvest. The ground is so wet on my lotty, is it best to wait for it to dry out a bit. The instructions state to plant out as soon as possible, as they are raring to grow!!

[hamsterqueen]

have you thought of growing them in pots or potato bags?

There are loads of threads about this method somewhere.

I;ve got Charlottes in a potato bag with the leftover seed potato growing conventially next to it. Soil grown one is less than half the size. Haven't found out about teh yield yet though1

[lzyjo]

Yes, it's ok to wait. They will start to sprout in the mean-time. I would wait until it dries out a bit, as a lost all my seed potatoes last year to fungus, which really likes the warm and damp conditions on summer soil. Just my 2 cents. But who likes working in the rain?