Planted up one row of spuds yesterday - 10 Charlotte and 4 Sharpe's Express.
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I have Maris Bard and Charlotte, I never bother chitting my potatoes, I have covered a bed with black weed membrane to raise the soil temperature and buried a max/min thermometer to check how steady the temperature is
it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
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I managed to get hold of seed potatoes a couple of weeks ago!
Charlottes which are now chitting.
I also discovered a few of our Desiree let over from last year so I have those chitting too.
For at least 3 times over the past 12 years my spuds have been very badly blackened by frosts during the first week in June. The top growths grew back but I’m reluctant to plant mine out for at least another 6 weeks!
Maybe I could plant out a few and fleece them , then do a comparison.
Isn’t it exciting watching them chit!"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy France
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First leaves of our Charlotte potatoes just poking through.
Started chitting Jan 10th
Planted out Feb 10th
So 44 days from planting to showing, few days longer than usual.I live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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Originally posted by Nicos View PostI managed to get hold of seed potatoes a couple of weeks ago!
Charlottes which are now chitting.
I also discovered a few of our Desiree let over from last year so I have those chitting too.
For at least 3 times over the past 12 years my spuds have been very badly blackened by frosts during the first week in June. The top growths grew back but I’m reluctant to plant mine out for at least another 6 weeks!
Maybe I could plant out a few and fleece them , then do a comparison.
Isn’t it exciting watching them chit!
I like to watch them chit too and at least now I have somewhere ready to plant them.
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Watering the row before a predicted frost, in addition to fleece, can help. Wet soil conducts heat better than dry, allowing some of the stored heat from below to reach the surface.I live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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