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Went to dig up my Christmas tatties and to my dismay there wasn't enough of them and they wern't big enough!
Still, not to worry, time to adopt plan B
Dug up what I had, because I need the area for soft fruit bushes that I have sitting in pots ready to plant.
Re-used the plastic frame over six of my strawberry plants to give a few early berries I hope!
Potted the Jersey Royal 'shaws' up into plastic buckets filled with compost. Dug them out of the permafrost so that I didn't disturb them (marble sized tatties) and pruned off the frosted tops to a budded live bit of haulm. I'll keep them indoors and hopefully get a few 'New' tatties early spring.
A little bit dismayed, as I had built a polythene frame around them, covered them with straw and put in a small paraffin heater. I now realise I planted them in a frost pocket which didn't help, but I will know better for future.
Next year Christmas tatties go straight into compost filled pots and into heated greenhouse!
Still, not to worry, time to adopt plan B
Dug up what I had, because I need the area for soft fruit bushes that I have sitting in pots ready to plant.
Re-used the plastic frame over six of my strawberry plants to give a few early berries I hope!
Potted the Jersey Royal 'shaws' up into plastic buckets filled with compost. Dug them out of the permafrost so that I didn't disturb them (marble sized tatties) and pruned off the frosted tops to a budded live bit of haulm. I'll keep them indoors and hopefully get a few 'New' tatties early spring.
A little bit dismayed, as I had built a polythene frame around them, covered them with straw and put in a small paraffin heater.
I now realise I planted them in a frost pocket which didn't help, but I will know better for future.Next year Christmas tatties go straight into compost filled pots and into heated greenhouse!
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