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Hi, I am hoping to get some potatoes in ready for Christmas. I really want a good potato for roasting to hopefully form part of the Christmas dinner. any suggestions as to what type I should be growing?
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I'm taking a punt at some potatoes for the Day (no, I'm not saying the 'C' Word Dipity), but I haven't splashed out on seed potatoes. I had some Roosters that I'd forgotten about so they had chitted really well, so I've bunged them in two potato bags to see what happens. Folks don't seem to have had too much success with spuds at that time of year, so it's just an experiment. Hope you find what you're looking for and let us know how you get on. Welcome to the Vine by the way and if you see Rusty Lady anytime soon, she'll ask you to put your location into your profile so we all know where you are - it helps when giving advice if we know what your climate is like.
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I had very good success with them in a greenhouse, I planted them August time, we had a good summer last year, so the growth was vigorous. Harvested them Christmas Eve I think, tasted amazing!
The only thing I bought for xmas dinner last year was some sprouts and the goose, as my sprouts didn't grow enough in time, and I don't have the space for geese
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3 years in a row I have tried them without success, but hey ho heres hoping for year 4Comment
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I've ewplanted some of my 2nd earlies in pots that can be lifted into the gh when the frosy season approachesS*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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Red duke of York in containers,(they can easily be taken under cover if rain is likely to lessen the chance of blight,water at soil level only).Comment
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Mine are still going strong ~ well they were up until this snow. I've wrapped the foliage in newspaper now for a bit of protection. I hope there's something underneath all that greenOriginally posted by chris View Post
(I have no expertise at this at all: we simply hadn't had a winter this year, until yesterday)All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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