potatoes for xmas

[Albert]

i would like to grow potatoes for xmas dinner, is this possible from my little 8x6 greenhouse, if so how do i go about it please.
regards albert tatlock.

[Tigger]

You can buy seed potato now that has been 'held back' so that they grow in time for Christmas. I grew some last winter, as well as some for Easter.

DT Brown, Fothergills and Thompson & Morgan sell them.

[skip]

Bit of a thread hijack - I hope you don't mind ...
But I have loads of home grown spuds, & was hoping to use some of them for my xmas spuds. Do you think that'll be ok, or do they need to be 'special ones'?

Also - how warm will they have to be? I don't have a greenhouse, do you think they'll be ok in my little wooden shed (it has windows), I could bubble wrap the pot, but would i need to cover the leaves?

Do you still work on the ten week basis?

Cheers
Sorry for jumping in on your question

[Albert]

not at all questions in there that i need to know the answers to

albert tatlock

[Tigger]

I usually allow 12 weeks rather than 10, but a week or so more doesn't matter.

You need the same growing conditions that you would expect between March and June, so warm but not hot with good insulation.

I used large pots last year, in an unheated tunnel, topping them up with compost as the leaves grew.