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Buying Seed Potatoes
loony gardner
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in Fruit & veg
Hi everyone, I want to grow potatoes (for the first time ever) next year and I would really appreciate some help on this: when should I order seed potatoes?
Many, many thanks in advance 
Loony
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Rather than order online I prefer to go to local garden centres and see what I am buying, also in spring Wilko have a good selection of early and late varieties at resonable cost.
ColinA
Thank you Colin and Philippa! You've both given me 2 pungent ways to go about it
I'll browse around the garden centres here and then if I don't find what I'm looking for (I want Charlotte potatoes) then I'll order by next month.
Wait till next spring. There is potato days all over the country. You get all the varieties and the chance to speak to other potato growers.
Thank you hoeglory, I will try to find out if there will be a potato day at my local garden centre, sounds like a good chance to learn things about it
Thank you Garrigues, I will check out the link right now
Why is anybody growing Charlotte? My local garden shop has 90 varieties! Charlotte is the most unadventurous choice there is! Why not try something different.
If you buy them out of the sack you can buy 1 potato of 6 different varieties, and none of them need be Charlotte.
Yes Welshonion, ColinA did suggest going to a garden centre, which I will do after Christmas. Can't wait!
Perhaps I was a bit harsh about Charlotte, but we like to grow a variety different from what is in the supermarket. It's far more fun!
I'm so looking forward to growing potatoes this time ! Thank you everyone , for giving me such valuable information