So the potatoes were OK afterall...

I very dubiously planted my seed potatoes a few weeks back after having them out sprouting for a couple of months with not a lot of sprouts appearing - and the ones that did were still very short. So I decided to just put them in the ground anyway and see what happened. Well I was down weeding the patch this afternoon and spotted some greenery that was kind of unweed-like. So I gently (well I hope so!) burrowed down and yes it was attached to my seed potato, so now I know what the tops look like in the early stages. Out of about 20 potatoes that I planted, 10 have so far sprouted up - so woohoo!