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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
NEW POTATOES
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May 27, 2006, 07:06:19 »
I
know
we're not early - look where we live! And I
know
that that's 2 plants. But if we don't start now, the last ones will be bakers!
They have just come into flower & the 13 week guide seems to be about right. They are Colleen.
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daisymay
Hectare
Posts: 798
Bedfordshire
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #1 on:
May 27, 2006, 08:12:56 »
wow!!! spuds already. Will have to count back the weeks till we planted our earlies... cannot believe we could be harvesting spuds already - how exciting!! :)
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mat
Hectare
Posts: 826
Ryedale, North Yorks. Sandy loam, over sandstone
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #2 on:
May 27, 2006, 08:17:55 »
Yes, I had my first two plants of Swift last weekend; they were fantastic and normal shop "earlies" size. My very first pwn grown potates - fantatic. I'll dig some more today :D
mat
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Jesse
Hectare
Posts: 1,970
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #3 on:
May 27, 2006, 09:27:09 »
Lovely Tim :D that's a good amount from just 2 plants :) My earlies have been in 7 weeks so I have a while to wait still.
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Paulines7
Hectare
Posts: 4,499
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #4 on:
May 27, 2006, 10:14:25 »
Well done Tim. ;D My earlies have only been in for about 4 weeks, but I do have some in pots which I started off in the greenhouse. I rooted around yesterday in the pots but couldn't find any. :( Is flowering an indication that there will be some there? Mine haven't flowered yet.
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #5 on:
May 27, 2006, 11:05:43 »
I haven't looked at the ones in the tub - so much for earliness!!
Flowering? Worth a try when they do!
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Paulines7
Hectare
Posts: 4,499
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #6 on:
May 27, 2006, 11:11:44 »
Thanks Tim, I'll wait until they flower then.
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Rosyred
Hectare
Posts: 1,058
West London
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #7 on:
May 27, 2006, 15:39:49 »
The three i grew in a tub are just in flower so i'll tip them out in the week. Not been upto the allotment to check the others.
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kevs plot
Not So New ...
Posts: 11
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #8 on:
May 27, 2006, 16:05:19 »
Just cooking my first lot of Pentland Javelin, 9 1/2 weeks after planting (south coast). Didn't dug up whole plant, rooted about with my hands and covered up the tiny ones for later
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Lady Cosmos
Acre
Posts: 492
Lady of the dunes
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #9 on:
May 27, 2006, 16:09:10 »
My Pentland Javelin are ready as well (after 10 weeks) ;D
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kevs plot
Not So New ...
Posts: 11
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #10 on:
May 27, 2006, 16:11:00 »
I didn't wait for the flowers, but I do have some buds forming. Was going to wait, but had visitors for lunch.
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Lady Cosmos
Acre
Posts: 492
Lady of the dunes
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #11 on:
May 27, 2006, 16:20:20 »
I am still finishing my last Desirees from last year ;D ;D, but yesterday I dug up 1 Pentland plant, verrry nice.
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Daisy_Jane
Quarter Acre
Posts: 51
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #12 on:
May 27, 2006, 17:12:13 »
We had some Swifts the other day and I too stuck the plants back in the ground to encourage the titchy ones to keep growing (waste not want not ;D. The ground is so wet that the pots split open as soon as the knife was stuck in them when preparing them.
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Anne Robertson
Acre
Posts: 479
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #13 on:
May 27, 2006, 18:15:10 »
They look good enough to eat, Tim ;D Did you have them home grown salad, with lashings of butter.
I think it will be a while before mine are ready.
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #14 on:
May 27, 2006, 18:28:47 »
Home grown, ani? Of course! Honey/lime chicken wings with pea-sprout & spicy leaf salad. Plus a bit of bought-in avocado & cucumber. No butter needed.
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Anne Robertson
Acre
Posts: 479
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #15 on:
May 27, 2006, 18:40:12 »
Sounds delicious. I'm not having much success with my lettuce this year,
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GaryJS
Not So New ...
Posts: 20
Huddersfield
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #16 on:
May 27, 2006, 18:43:45 »
Had the first mini harvest of my first ever home grown potatoes! I put my hands in the container and groveled around the roots and pulled up two portions of perfect and delicious new potatoes! I will probably turn the container out next week and harvest the rest since the leaves are covered in lots of small brown spots (not sure if it's bad or not). The variety is Rocket.
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,894
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #17 on:
May 27, 2006, 19:11:55 »
One of the very early varieties (Rocket/swift) is very prone to tuber blight but can't remember which at the moment, the other is prone to hollow heart which could be a problem with all the rain we have had. I think I'll have a look at the ones in the poly which went in on march/19.
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cookie
Half Acre
Posts: 236
I love Allotments4All
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #18 on:
May 28, 2006, 17:33:21 »
Have just come down from the lottie with enough charlotte spuds fo us allto have a taste with our dinner. Planted on Good Friday, thatsjust six weeks :)
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kitty
Hectare
Posts: 1,325
its what i do.
Re: NEW POTATOES
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Reply #19 on:
May 28, 2006, 20:31:40 »
crikey cookie-thats quick going!mine were planted(deeply tho!)on g.f. and they are only just peeping out the soil in my raised beds ::)
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ooh!tim!i cant wait til our tates are ready-i'll be round for tea tomorrow! ;D
i also am waiting in hopping anticipation for the day0which isnt too far away when EVERY meal is totally homegrown!
kittys tum rumbling...and i've only just had tea!
KITTY
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