help please

[mattfee15]

hi all im fairly new to growing, started last year and didnt have much succes,
my question is one that you have all probably heard thousands of times before:

how do i go about growing potatos, from chitting to planting and digging.
my friend told me to use bags as i do not have alot of space.

any help much aprecciated,
mattfee15.

[Jardiniere]

This is how I do it...
1. Buy proper seed potatoes (I like Charlottes) Have never got my head around earlies, first earlies, main crop etc.
2. Spread them out flat not touching in something like a tomato crate/box/thingy and keep in a cool darkish place (I've got a cellar so i'm lucky).
3. Or alternatively dont bother to chit them.... depends on when you buy them....but if you buy them before you can plant them, then chit them.....
4. Prepare bed by digging it over really well.
5. Wait until March 15th ???Is it the 15th? something like that ...but no later than Easter...especially if Easter is late before planting.
6. Knock off all chits but one.
7. Make holes and plant.
8. Start to earth up so you know where they are!
9. Use bordelaise mixture if blight threatens.(its not technically organic but its not really nasty)
10. Take advice from more than one person.......
11. Keep us posted.......
PLEASE NOTE I AM AN AMATEUR.

[Jardiniere]

chit in the light according to the chitting potatoes thread .......i leave mine in the cellar where it is dark most of the time and they still chit......................

[mattfee15]

cheers jardiniere anyone else have any ideas or special tricks.

[allaboutliverpool]

I have a web page and video that might help.

allaboutallotments_Vegetables_potatoes

I have a couple of builders half ton bags and intend to try potatoes in one as an experiment this year.

I will post the results onto the page.

[mattfee15]

cheers allaboutliverpool that webpage is superb, very imformative it should be posted as a sticky, thats just my personal opion.