Its quite late but I have just bought the seed potatoes for this year.
Picture of four varieties of seed potato – Nadine, Catriona, Arran Pilot and Duke of York
Il keep these for a while and begin planting around Easter.
This Seasons Potatoes
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Aran Spuds
I think I’ve left it really late this year to dig any potatoes.
Picture of the first of the seasons potatoes lying on the soil in a raised bed in the allotment
As usual, Aran Pilot are my first earlies’ and this year looks to be as good as the last.
I have planted other varieties in the top allotment which I hope will be as good as these.
First Spuds
It really makes you think when you plant the first spuds that spring is on the way. It certainly is. The bushes and some trees have the first flush of that acid lime-like green in their leaves.
Again planting my favourite first early ‘Arran Pilot’. I seem to have only got two rows out of the bag this year. I wonder if I have planted them closer than usual?
Great to see them in, even if I only got two rows out of them. Il wait some time before I consider planting any of the other varieties in order to avoid a glut of spuds.
Spuds Are In
At last I have planted my first potatoes this year. I don’t know why I have left it so late this year as we have been blessed with dry warm weather for a couple of weeks now.
It has taken two attempts to riddle the soil to get rid of yet more large stones and glass, nails and god knows what else. Eventually I was reasonably happy with the soil structure and have planted the first early’s ‘Arran Pilot’.
Each row has had a good sprinkle of fish, blood and bone meal as well as organic potato fertiliser. The number of seed potatoes worked out perfectly, nine in each row, twelve inches apart.
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