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when to plant potatoes

07-03-2013 01:27PM

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Tony 150

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Have a small veg patch and am wondering when should i plant potatoes and what varieties should i use ?

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#2 07-03-2013 02:10PM

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Traditionally earlies go in around st Patrick's day. Main crop from middle to the end of April, or even later. There's no hard or fast rule, but soon, once we get over the coming cold period I would imagine.
As for varieties, there are so many. What do you like to eat from the supermarket?
Try the search this forum function, it will have lots of similar discussions.

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#3 07-03-2013 08:45PM

Conmaicne Mara

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If it was my first year again what I would do is buy three or four seed spuds of as many varieties as I liked the sound of. There are plenty of spud sites online, a lot are garden shops but they give you good info on taste, yield etc.

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