Potatoes planted for 2012

My potatoes have been in the ground since 31 March. You can see in the photo how they had sprouted first - I had them in the greenhouse for a month beforehand. I put some of my own compost at the bottom of the hole.

From left to right, I planted: highland burgundy (mc), sante (mc), Charlotte (2nd), cosmos (1st), sharpe (1st).

Today I topped up the soil with more compost and more soil I dug from the other side of the allotment: the plants should be strong enough to grow through this amount of soil, and also I will have enough earth on the sides to pile on top of the potatoes when they show (creating a "ridge").