14th January 2014 - Potatoes Chitting

 Picked up some seed potatoes - details off the labels just encase I loose them

Beautiful Garden £1 Shop 8 Seed Potatoes SWIFT - Solanum tuberosum
Good for Boiling, Chips, Baking, Roasting, Salads

Plant Feb - May (Before Planting outside ensure any danger of frost has passed
Depth 200m centres 300mm Diameter 35 - 55mm Harvest June - July

Beautiful Garden £1 Shop 8 Seed Potatoes PENTLAND JAVELIN - Solanum tuberosum
Good for Boiling, Chips, Salads -
Plant Feb - May (Before Planting outside ensure any danger of frost has passed
Depth 200m centres 300mm Diameter 35 - 55mm Harvest June - July

B&Q Verve Grow Your Own  DESIREE main crop Seed Potato £3.48 or 2 bags for £6
19 Scottish Basic Seed Potatoes in the 1.75kg sack Size 35mm x 60mm Grade EC3 Class A
High Yields for growing 18-25 Weeks Sow March - May Harvest - Sept - Oct

Chose a site that has not grown potatoes for four years to avoid pests and disease
Chit (encourage sprouts) in a tray in a light, frost free place until sprouts are 20mm or plant directly into soil once frost risk has passed.

Rows 250mm apart 100mm deep , cover with soil and water well. Water during dry spells
As shoots appear above soil surface draw up the soil into mounds to cover the shoots, repeat through growing weeks. Feed regularly with a high potash fertilizer

Harvest Once the leaves and stems have withered leave the potatoes in soil for 2 weeks. Move soil carefully and remove potatoes.

B&Q Verve Grow Your Own KING EDWARDS main crop Seed Potato £3.48 or 2 bags for £6
30  Scottish Basic Seed Potatoes in the 1.75kg sack Size 35mm x 60mm Grade EC3 Class A
All other details as DESIREE

So I need 18 x 4 beds = 72 Seed Potatoes and have 8+8+30+19 = 65 so I'm 7 short so I guess I'm looking for a bag of seconds from the £1 Shop or another variety of main crops

15th January 2013

I've set up a fold away crate with egg boxes and an additional level of support using bamboo canes for the overflow. As I don't have a spare bedroom they will live in the shed during the day and come into the kitchen for the night unless there is a frost during the day.

The plastic shed does allow light in via the small window and the translucent ridge board.