Topic: Red skinned potatoes

[gardentg44]

[Red Duke of York is excellent... esp as a baker/roast/mash... being relatively early it avoids the blight and most slug damage...  :)]

Thanks for that Saddad.
i grew 9 50ft rows of saxon (whites) this year.
99% had to be thrown away due to slugs.
will try duke of york this year

[PurpleHeather]

Thanks for that Saddad.
i grew 9 50ft rows of saxon (whites) this year.
99% had to be thrown away due to slugs.
will try duke of york this year


We used to have a lot of trouble with slug damage but an old potato grower told us just to grow earlies and plant them in March. This did work for us but the main thing is to get the beds raised which takes time and we have done this now and can grow later spuds as well.

We got some Motzart red skinned potatoes from Morrisons green grocers last year and they sprouted over night. So it was either compost or plant. We planted them and got a good crop from them.

[1066]

Aren't you suppost to say that Jedi mind trickery only works on those lower order creatures, like droids and numpties ?  

;D  ;D  ;D

I think as the votes are all in and Norway still have nil point, I'm going to try Red Duke of York 1st off and then work my wasy through the list in the coming years
Thanks for the info  :)

[calico]

Try to find one called  " FRANCELINE "  you will never want to be without it !!
Beautiful kidney shaped bright red tubers.

[saddad]

Roseval... a long oval, is also worth a look although it doesn't like really heavy soil in my experience...  :)

[1066]

So much choice and not enough ground  ;)

What is Franceline particualrly good for in terms of cooking? It may be at a potato day.......

Sounds like roseval is a no no for me then

[Dadnlad]

I'll add my vote to the Red Dukes pile, we leave half the row to bulk up into excellent bakers ;D

Had Roseval a few years back, they were lovely, but havent managed to find any since - where do you get yours from Saddad ?

Also if late blight is a problem try Sarpo Axona, they rescued a near disastrous spud harvest into a reasonable one