Too late for see potatoes ?

worded

I’ve a pack of seed potatoes and it says sew from Aug to Sept but is it too late now and risk of blight too great ?

I’m awaiting my first years ever years crops planted from some left over chitted spuds in the kitchen a fewmths back LOL. so just looking for advice from a novice

Thanks

monty_python

worded wrote: »

I’ve a pack of seed potatoes and it says sew from Aug to Sept but is it too late now and risk of blight too great ?

I’m awaiting my first years ever years crops now so just looking for advice from a novice

Thanks

Planted mine 10 days ago and haven't come up yet.

magicbastarder

mine have started to show. also planted in the last 10 days i think, planted a few inches deep.

recedite

Why would you plant spuds in the autumn? You should be harvesting them.

worded

Winter potatoes. I can plant up to Sept it says ....

monty_python

Mine still haven't showen them selfs above ground. 2 weeks tomorrow I planted them. I have loads of coffee grounds ready to earth them

I'm a bit worried they won't grow at all

worded

monty_python wrote: »

Mine still haven't showen them selfs above ground. 2 weeks tomorrow I planted them. I have loads of coffee grounds ready to earth them

I'm a bit worried they won't grow at all

How deep did you plant them? Could you carefully loosen up soil and have a look see for shoots ? Did they have any sprouts (chitting) on them when you planted them?

recedite

worded wrote: »

Winter potatoes. I can plant up to Sept it says ....

It says "harvest from November". They must be mighty fast growing.

Call me sceptical, but I suspect there is more chance of seeing pigs fly over your potato drills

magicbastarder

i bought them purely as an experiment, for a bed which is not going to see any action anyway. not expecting an awful lot...

monty_python

Mine came up Monday gone. About 2 or 3 inches tall now.
I'm a bit worried about the wet weather coming. They might root.

Does anyone think coffee grounds would be good to mulch them with?

recedite

monty_python wrote: »

Does anyone think coffee grounds would be good to mulch them with?

Your best bet is to relocate the spuds to Cyprus.
Are they in pots?

monty_python

recedite wrote: »

Your best bet is to relocate the spuds to Cyprus.
Are they in pots?

In the ground

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

i bought them purely as an experiment, for a bed which is not going to see any action anyway. not expecting an awful lot...

well, they did better than i expected. in that we got maybe a kilo or kilo and a half of spuds from probably less than half a kilo planted. so a gain of one kilo at most, for a cost of €3 or €4. an interesting experiment, not one i'll be in a hurry to repeat.

worded

The ones in the green house are doing fine
And
He ones outdoors don’t look like they like the cold, some wilting.
Considering removing them as rotten spuds may carry blight to a new crop in spring

Mine (Duke of York) are about a foot high and looking very healthy. I have them growing in boxes and started them in mid September.

I moved them into the polytunnel about 2 weeks ago so avoided recent frost. I'll keep them in there until harvesting at Christmas.

worded

TheTorment wrote: »

Mine (Duke of York) are about a foot high and looking very healthy. I have them growing in boxes and started them in mid September.

I moved them into the polytunnel about 2 weeks ago so avoided recent frost. I'll keep them in there until harvesting at Christmas.

My outdoor ones are clearly not going to make it.

I suppose I should dig them out to avoid them rotting in the ground ...

The green house ones will do fine. Im relatively new to potato growing ...

magicbastarder

mine were fried in the frost last week (well, the spuds themselves were fine, the foliage was fried).