Who doesn’t love the taste of new potatoes, warm out of the pan, dripping with melted butter?
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There is no doubt that homegrown ones are so much tastier than any shop bought ones and they are so simple to grow and really don’t need that much space.
If you want to guarantee a crop to eat during the summer months, you need to get started now.credit: pinterest
I buy my seed potatoes from our local garden centre, I like to buy quality as that will ensure we get a good crop.
I like to buy first earlys, these are potatoes that can be planted out in March and will be ready to pick by July/Aug
When you get them home, the first thing you need to do is ‘chit’ the potatoes, what that means is you encourage the potatoes to form sprouting roots. I lay the potatoes on a tray on a sunny windowsill in our utility room.
They will sit here for the next 4 or 5 weeks until nice healthy shoots appear.
I look forward to getting onto the next stage…………
I learned a lot from this post. Thank you! The potatoes at the top look delicious! I’m hungry now. 🙂
Thank you, I hope you have a little go at growing some ?
These look like they’re going to be delicious!
☀️aww thank you
I enjoyed reading this, who’d thought, very interesting, thanks for sharing 🙂
Aww thank you, I am pleased
Nice! I love new potatoes… I’m tempted to try growing some on the balcony now! Thanks for sharing ?
Aww thank you, enjoy