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As blight is still around I am reluctant to plant my Christmas seed potatoes (can't remember variety but it said Christmas on the packet) in containers as this time last year I lost them all to blight (story of my life) so is it safe now if I put them in 5ltr buckets? I have to reuse old compost I'm afraid but will give plenty of organic potato feed.
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If you want to grow potatoes for Christmas, they need to be planted in their tubs/bags in late July or early August so they can do their growing before the weather turns and daylight shortens in Autumn.
If you pot yours up now, I would have thought they will just sit in the buckets till Spring and then start growing, if they don't get eaten or frozen and turned to mush if we get a cold winter.
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But they would have got blight if I had planted them then. Looks like I'll have to plant them in spring thenLast edited by Marb67; Today, 01:51 PM.Comment
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Yeah, you've left it way too late, unfortunately. If you plant them now the in all probability you won't get a crop at all, and you certainly won't get one for Christmas.
If you live in a blight-prone area then honestly it's best not to bother with Christmas-cropping potatoes. If you want homegrown potatoes for Christmas then just grow a second early salad variety at the normal time and then store the crop until Christmas.Last edited by ameno; Today, 01:50 PM.Comment
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