We've been getting more and more seeds and plants, running out of space to keep them, so decided to plant the 2nd earlies that we got from the pound shop.
From memory, traditionally, potatoes are planted on Good Friday. That's a few weeks away still, but we just need to get things done, and we've got loads more to do in the house and garden. We'll be decorating over Easter weekend.
So the 2nd earlies (can't remember the variety) have now been planted and will go in the greenhouse for the next few weeks.
The 1st earlies (Swift) are in black pots (ex-supermarket flower buckets)
The 2nd earlies (unknown) are in heavy duty sacks (ex dry dog food sacks)
This is deliberate so that I can remember which ones are which more easily. A few years ago I put several different varieties in black pots and forgot which were which.
Garden centres sell sacks that they call "potato planters" or something, and I've seen other people use old compost sacks for potatoes, so no reason not to use the old dog food sacks. I've popped a few holes in the bottom of each sack for drainage and rolled the sides down. I'll unroll the sides a bit as I "earth up" by adding more compost.
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