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potatoes for xmas
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:33 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:58 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:08 am
by 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
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:01 pm
by Albert
not at all questions in there that i need to know the answers to
albert tatlock
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:38 am
by 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.