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compo49
Half Acre
Posts: 125
What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 18:33:06 »
I've put in 1st Early's Swift 10 Lady Christal 10 Arron pilot 10 2nd Early's Maris peer 20 Maincrop Cara 15 Picasso 15 Lady Balfour 15 Harmony 15. Thought i would try different varieties to see which i like best. (got some King Edwards in reserve in case I've any spare space left) Was going to plant some Charlotte but they all got frost damaged!
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Sinbad7
Hectare
Posts: 1,158
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 18:45:25 »
Bambino, which after I had put them in I decided to read about them and they don't sound a very good early spud :'( I always grew Charlotte and am now wondering why I changed. Guess vairety is the spice of life ;D
Sinbad
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Dadnlad
Acre
Posts: 277
Site Foreman ?
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 19:05:55 »
Earlies - Winston 3kg
Arran Pilot 3kg
Lady Chrystl 1kg
2nds - Charlotte 3kg
Nicola 3kg
Kestrel 3kg
Vales Emerald 10tubers
Mains - Desiree 3kg
Cara 3kg
Sarpo Axona 10tubers
All planted last weekend, in last years horse muck, with added growmore/slug pellets/comfrey leaves ::)
We'll ridge up when they come through, then cover with spoilt straw
Job done ;D
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sawfish
Hectare
Posts: 1,059
glasgow dreamer
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 19:48:04 »
second early...
Purple eyed seedling
Wilja
Nicola
maincrop...
Champion
Peachbloom
Fortyfold
all planted over 3 weeks ago
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 19:49:50 »
v 1st early rocket
early pentland javelin, vales emerald, rooster
2nds kestrel
main desiree
would've loved to grow more but no more room ;D
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Gazfoz
Acre
Posts: 285
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 19:53:43 »
arran pilot, vales emerald, anya, pink fir apples.
Maincrop:- desiree, roosters.
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anemone
Half Acre
Posts: 203
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 20:02:05 »
pink fir - 10
kestrel - 10
Reading the replies it really doesn't seem much ! but I didn't have any more room :(
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keef
Hectare
Posts: 861
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 20:06:39 »
Early - Arran pilot
Second Early - Nicola
Main - Cara & Rooster
Never tried Arran Pilot, Nicola or Roosters before - fancied a change this year...
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Toadspawn
Acre
Posts: 456
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 20, 2008, 22:52:31 »
All my potatoes are growing in black builders type buckets from Wilkinsons. Drainage holes drilled in the bottom and multi purpose compost used, one seed tuber per bucket although I have tried a few buckets with three tubers and there are 30 buckets. More than enough for me as I live by myself.
Swift grown in GH to get some early spuds, rest are outside - Charlotte, Lady Christal, Kestrel, Nadine, Roseval, Rocket and one other ? (I forgot to label the paper bag).
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PJW_Letchworth
Half Acre
Posts: 188
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 00:27:08 »
First early - pentland javelin
Second early - charlotte
Main crop - Maris Pier
I had a lot of damage to my main crop of cara to wireworm last year. The spuds were fantastic size, just the problem with the holes in them.
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debjay
Half Acre
Posts: 218
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 08:05:58 »
earlies - pentland javelin
salad - anya
2nd earlies - charlotte
main - desiree, sante, kestral & nadine
we eat a lot of potatoes ::)
Debbie
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froglets
Hectare
Posts: 1,150
"Chust sublime"
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 09:23:03 »
Earlies: Red Duke of York - 5, Sharpe's Express - 3
2nd Earlies: Anya - 8, Kestrel - 6 (tried & tested favourites in a clay sluggy plot), Dunbar Rover - 2, Shetland Black - 3
Mains: Salad Blue - 2, Maris Piper - 8 ( maybe a risk in a wet sluggy plot), Pentland Crown - 2, Verity - 2.
All in either a bit of half a plot, spud tubs or, old compost bags.
'ain't potato fairs great !
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lolabelle
Hectare
Posts: 571
nero
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 10:59:24 »
10xInternational Kidney
10xVerity
10xMagestic
10xulster septre
10x Mr Little s Yeltom Gypsey
I know that souunds a lot but IM a new plotter and all the Old boysd keeptelling me to grow spuds who am I to argue, just went for great sounding names!!! ::)
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antipodes
Hectare
Posts: 3,366
W. France, 5m x 20m (900 ft2)
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 11:19:51 »
Of course they are French varieties so might not mean much:
1st early Amandine
2nd earlies Bernadette (meant to be very blight resistant...)
maincrop Caesar which is meant to give good sized potatoes for baking, we'll see if that comes true, the French don't go in for baking potatoes so I am trying that one to see.
I planted the maincrop this week. And the earlies about a month ago and the tips are just coming through the soil now.
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 13:47:02 »
hiya, lollabelle, welcome to the site, very varied variety there, hope you get loads ;D
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Barnowl
Hectare
Posts: 3,738
getting back to my roots [SW London]
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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Reply #15 on:
April 21, 2008, 13:55:58 »
On a potato comparison mission this year but only have a smallish allotment and have run out of beds to plant them all, so will have a least 6 bags as well as the bed - worried this won't provide a fair test.
First Early
Lady Christl - waxy
Winston - Earliest baker
Vales Emerald - Maris Peer/Charlotte for baby salad pots
Second Early
Anya (Pink Fir cross) - nutty salad, but chips/roasts well
Charlotte - highyield waxy salad
Vivaldi - allegedly low carb
Early Main
Belle de Fontenay (salad) (toss up vs Royal Kidney)
Mayan Gold - (no good for boiling)
Salad Blue - (high dry matter so actually good for roasting)
Late Main
Rooster -
Pink Fir
Verity (replacement for Pomeroy - no seed pots this year)
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shirlton
Hectare
Posts: 6,879
west midlands
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 17:54:32 »
Pentland Javelin, Nadineand Desiree. Lets hope we all have a better year this year. I didn't do very well last year with anything other than earlies cos of the wet weather.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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April 21, 2008, 18:09:17 »
1st vales emerald, pentland javelin and arran pilot.
2nd kestrel.
Main PFA and maris piper.
;D ;D ;D
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Chris Graham
Hectare
Posts: 813
Stirling, Scotland
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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Reply #18 on:
April 21, 2008, 18:09:48 »
- Lots of Rocket in black buckets
- Kestral & Arron Pilot on the plot
- Desiree in pots too
- Maris Pier also in pots.
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,894
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: What type of potatoes are you planting
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Reply #19 on:
April 21, 2008, 18:26:36 »
I'm not planting any but so far OH has planted 3kg of Epicure, 7.5kg of Red Dukes, 3kg of Charlottes, 48 Anya Tubers, Ballydoon, Snowdrop, Maris Peer Salad Blue, in Dozens, Dunluce in tubs... Mimi in Tubs, 3kg of Desiree.., only 9kg still to go ... 6kg of Picasso and 3kg of King Edwards... she's not built like a navy but don't pick a fight with her when she has the Chillington Hoe or Trenching Spade in her hands....
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