It’s traditional to plant potatoes on St Patrick’s Day – 17th March. Not so this year. The night-time temperatures have been well below freezing almost every night until this week. So, along with most other allotmenteers, we’re only just planting things out.
Seed potatoes are allowed to sprout, or “chit”, before planting. But normally the sprouts are less than half an inch long, not several inches. These have been waiting far too long.
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