Potato question

[treepixie]

Been given a bag of seed potatoes ,roosters, is it to late to plant them out?

[WendyC]

I've planted in May before and got a surprisingly good crop. A bit of research says they are maincrop, which need 15-20 weeks. That takes you to mid September to mid October. Personally if you have got the space I'd plant them and be prepared to cut off the foliage if you get blight. You'll get out more than you planted.

[SaraJH]

Go for it, I planted some maincrop seed spuds a couple of weeks ago so you aren't too far behind.

[Penellype]

Should be fine, blight permitting.

[Snoop Puss]

I grew Rooster last year. They produced reasonably sized potatoes quite quickly. And we liked them enough for me to grow them this year. If you've got room for them, definitely give them a go bearing in mind WendyC and Penellype's remarks about blight.

[cariann88]

Go on and plant them

I just planted 2 maincrop bag of spuds yesterday.

[Bal]

Sorry to hijack this thread. But I ordered some potatoes from TM with potato bags. The bags they sent are tiny, about the size of a carrier bag. I thought potato bags were much bigger. Is it worth planting in them?

[Penellype]

They sound very small - I reckon on a minimum of about 10 litres of compost per seed potato. You could put one in each bag, but they will need a lot of watering.

[treepixie]

Thanks I will plant them today