Author Topic: Potato planting/progress (Read 15230 times)

Jayb · « **Reply #20 on:** April 22, 2015, 11:16:44 »

Mmm, new potatoes and butter, can't wait

I'm growing Abbot as a new to me early this year and some varieties I saved from last year. Hope they taste good

Silverleaf · « **Reply #21 on:** April 22, 2015, 13:11:47 »

Fresh dug-up-five-minutes-ago potatoes are the best!

goodlife · « **Reply #22 on:** April 22, 2015, 13:40:17 »

Oooo....I'm hungry now..all this talk of new potatoes and butter.

I usually cook the first cropping on barbeque..boiling over open fire..while waiting spuds to cook, I mush up some butter..'wet' garlic and chopped up chives. If chickens have laid still 'warm' eggs I might drop few in water, to cook same time with potatoes.
Rummaging around the plot to make up salad with various things and I might even drop few spears of asparagus on 'barbie' if there any to harvest..and then TUCK IN! Proper summer feast

I reckon this year is going to be best spud harvest EVER!

Silverleaf · « **Reply #23 on:** April 22, 2015, 22:07:04 »

Grilled asparagus is also amazing! I really should build myself an asparagus bed. How many crowns do you think I'd need for two people?

Silverleaf · « **Reply #24 on:** April 22, 2015, 22:08:43 »

Quote from: goodlife on April 22, 2015, 13:40:17

I reckon this year is going to be best spud harvest EVER!

Let's hope so! I have I think 15 varieties of tubers and 5 of TPS on the go, so I see a lot of taste testing in my future... ;)

goodlife · « **Reply #25 on:** April 23, 2015, 06:24:41 »

Quote from: Silverleaf on April 22, 2015, 22:07:04

Grilled asparagus is also amazing! I really should build myself an asparagus bed. How many crowns do you think I'd need for two people?

I all depends how much and how often you want to eat them. If I can get, say 8 spears at one picking...that will do nicely for us. My new bed, one that is yet to produce a crop, is about dozen crowns...and it was planned for to keep providing 2 people with occasional tasty addition on the plate. The old lot I had was about 20 odd plants and the few extra plants did make difference..we had quite a bit more to eat. But then I had this 'clever idea' and decided 'the bed' needs moving.................................................

Flint_sifter · « **Reply #26 on:** April 28, 2015, 17:11:41 »

Actually managed to get my earlies in over Easter weekend, the mains followed and I thought I'd finished them last Saturday morning. The Head gardener and I went out in the afternoon and dropped into a garden centre -they were selling their packs off half price; as the bed wasn't full I've another 20 to put in tonight!

maureen.alder.9 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 28, 2015, 19:37:08 »

I probably planted mine too early in mid March as the first earlies have all come through took netting off at the weekend but we had quite a frost and a bitter cold wind today here in South Yorks and they are looking sorry for themselves but I have taken heart from Silverleafs comments that they do recover so I will keep hoping

Silverleaf · « **Reply #28 on:** April 28, 2015, 20:50:29 »

You can always earth them up to protect them from frost.

maureen.alder.9 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 29, 2015, 18:57:31 »

I have covered them in netting again as a frost has been forecast for Fri morning but I will look at them tomorrow and see about earthing them up

squeezyjohn · « **Reply #30 on:** April 29, 2015, 21:00:43 »

There was a tiny bit of frost damage on my first earlies poking their heads through the soil so I've earthed up straight away. Nothing too bad just a bit of blackening on the very edges of the leaves.

Jayb · « **Reply #31 on:** May 04, 2015, 21:59:39 »

I noticed the first of my potatoes growing through the ridges today

Abbot and Violetta are the furthest ahead, followed by a few each of Emmalie, Bintje and Inky Squid

Silverleaf · « **Reply #32 on:** May 05, 2015, 01:27:51 »

My earlies are poking their heads up too. :) The forecast says 4C tomorrow night though, so I'm covering them up with hay (used rabbit bedding). They haven't suffered any damage from the last few frosts and they look fine.

Fingers crossed for a few more berries this year! I've enjoyed playing with TPS this year and I'd love a few more varieties for next year too.

goodlife · « **Reply #33 on:** May 05, 2015, 08:39:52 »

My tops did have little bit of frost damage last week, but it is no worry since they have only just started to push through. All rows have had spent compost and grass clippings mulch to cover them for time being...AND...we now have thicker version of garden fleece in sale in our lottie shop...bought 20 metres of the stuff and some of it will be used over the spuds if forecast is promising frost again...SORTED!

Grooooow my little beauties...grow...!

Jayb · « **Reply #34 on:** May 26, 2015, 09:40:28 »

I can see flower buds on First earlies Abbot

strawberry1 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2015, 15:04:00 »

my charlottes are budding

they are the only ones I grow now as there is only me to feed, one 8 x 4 bed, small to big, they will feed me for a few months

galina · « **Reply #36 on:** May 28, 2015, 16:59:23 »

Quote from: strawberry1 on May 28, 2015, 15:04:00

my charlottes are budding

they are the only ones I grow now as there is only me to feed, one 8 x 4 bed, small to big, they will feed me for a few months

Charlotte are so nice as second early potatoes, but if left as main crop they get some lovely large tubers that store well too. If I had to choose only one, Charlotte would be the one for me as well.

Jayb · « **Reply #37 on:** June 18, 2015, 08:07:29 »

Well we had our first proper new potato meal last weekend, yum yum yum!
I pulled a plant of Abbot, nice crop and bigger size spuds than I thought would be there. 8 weeks planting to harvest, so quite an early one, I think I could have picked a little earlier too. I'll grow this one again, perhaps try it as an early crop for the poly-tunnel. Pretty flowers, nice waxy type with a good flavour, boil well and scrummy cold/salad and sauteed too.
Elisabeth will be ready next I think

Abbot

Redalder · « **Reply #38 on:** June 18, 2015, 09:07:24 »

Just started eating Charlotte and Arran Pilot (can't beat the old favourite)

Flighty · « **Reply #39 on:** June 18, 2015, 13:37:25 »

As the foliage had died back on one plant I lifted, and ate, a few first earlies Red Duke of York earlier in the week.

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