Potato Kits

Hello, i have been given a potato kit, we 3 sets and a potato bags but no instructions.

Couple of questions;

When is the best time to plant?

Do i need to do anything before hand?

What soil is best?

Sorry never grown potatoes before

 

Well I'm not a bag grower but I'll start this off.

A good multipurpose compost would be ok, if you can mix that with 50% garden soil that would be good.
If your out door growing you need to be aware the plants will not tolerate any frost, so starting too early is not the best idea.
What variety of spud do you have?

 

My Dad used to start planting Potatoes on Good Friday, I do the same.
Hope this helps David.

 

The three tubers sets that I got are Maris Piper, Charlotte and Vivaldi.

The Charlotte and Vivaldi have little shots starting.

Where is the best place to store them at this time. I aint going to put them out the shed as we have had frost a lot.

 

Store them somewhere light, cool but frost free.

 

Ok, thank you all, will put them in a room with no heating and should be ok.