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spuds - how early can you grow them?

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  • 12-01-2010 7:00am
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    hedgeh0g
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    Roll on spring


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    bertie1
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    I got early ones in end of Feb last year , they still didn't poke their heads above groung until mid April


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    looksee
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    Traditionally potatoes were planted on Good Friday in Ireland. Before this they have to be chitted, placed in a light place like a windowledge for the little buds of growth to start - not the long spindly things you get if you leave them in a bag too long, but the same idea.
    Since Easter is a very moveable feast, planting potatoes obviously isn't an exact science, but if you wait until all the serious frost has gone and the ground has begun to warm a bit you should be ok, around early April maybe.


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    Thanos
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    When I was younger I would always help my dad plant spuds around St. Patricks day. They always seem to do well. Of course it was a real sandy soil so that may also have helped.
    Was going to try again this year in my own garden, so will probably go with 17th March.


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