Are your spuds in?

[piskieinboots]

Has anyone been 'brave' enough to get the earlies in yet? No chance here - although old boy at lottie has

[zazen999]

Nope - those good old boys eh...gotta love them.

[Paulottie]

Blimey...did he clear the snow off first?...can't imagine I'd be bothered with rushing out to cover them every night.

I popped a couple in pots in the greenhouse for some super earlies but will assess the weather in March as usual.

[piskieinboots]

my current plan is for planting mid March

[shirlthegirl43]

Tomorrow I will hopefully plant a couple of the Colleen I bought yesterday. Won't bother chitting them. They are supposed to be ready to harvest in 70 days so we will wait and see. They will be in pots in the greenhouse - I don't have much soil that is deep enough for spuds in the garden yet.

[Professor Peabody]

I only just started chitting my earlies last week and haven't managed to get near the allotment for two weeks because of the weather so hope I'm not too late.

[Eyren]

Just started chitting mine this week - last year they started sprouting early in that warm spell we had at the end of January, but this year they were only just starting to show the first tiny tips of sprouts when I took them out of the paper bags. Six weeks makes it late March when they go in, which seems about right.

I know they don't need chitting, but it's part of the spring ritual

[bobleponge]

I have a few chitting at home, Charlottes I think (courtesy of my gardening guru if he is reading this, cheers mate). Although I am a little bit further south than most of you I will be looking at early to mid March as well.
But I would bet that Madame down the road who has the most awesome potager has hers in by now.

[piskieinboots]

I know they don't need chitting, but it's part of the spring ritual

I agree, there is something very uplifting about seeing all these little brown blobs sitting in egg boxes

[Flummery]

I shall probably put some in separate pots in the greenhouse. I did this mid-Feb last year and lagged the pots well with bubble-wrap and we had a couple of lovely dinners in May. I'm hanging fire till the snow goes though. Not that it's snowy in the greenhouse, just that I have to traipse up the garden with me gear.
Won't plant in the ground till mid March - and even then I'll be watching for frost on the first foliage.

[Geordie]

You dont have to chit your early potatoes but if you do you will get an earlier and heavier crop. Just leave 3 or 4 shoots on when you plant them, rub the rest off.

[Snadger]

Aint even bought my earlies yet!!!!

[King Carrot]

Around new year I found few sprouted volunteers while digging, that I planted into the cold frame that I will be growing my earlies in, they are coming along as well as can be expected really (we only had snow for 2 days although it's been much, much colder than usual) and I'm going to add another handful of my own saved seed from last year that have been chitted in the caravan (read shed!) tomorrow. As it sounds like it'll be much milder in general from now on I would actually like to plant up the rest of the frame now, but as I only got my earlies from the farmers market last week I'll wait till they chit before finishing planting them in the coldframe.

As for the rest of the earlies that are going outside in the ground, they should go in from the start of March - weather permitting of course.

[shaymen]

Bit too early in my opinion, mid - late march will do nicely, ground needs to warm up a bit.

[SlugLobber]

I had to chit early, as I had that frost trouble that I posted about. Most have now chitted and I put in 4 a week and a half ago. All are now showing considerable shootage, to the extent I will have to earth up this weekend. However, I have sacrificed my dining table for the privilege of these early spuds!!

I'm putting some more in, tomorrow, based on which lucky little beggars have the most, um, chits.