Topic: Blue Danube potatoes.

[Mushy Pea]

Hi Folks,

Has anyone else tried Blue Danube potatoes?

We were sent some free with our T & M order to try but we find them a bit dry and tasteless. wondered if it was just the dry weather having affected them or if this is the expected result.  :-\

MP

[chriscross1966]

Mine are still in the ground. I'm a nit surprised by "dry" though less so by "tasteless" cos from memory they were developed by the same Hungarian research institute that gave us the Sarpo potato strains.... famed for being tasteless and rather watery.... although epically disease resistant so loved by the commercial growers....

chrisc

[mpdjulie]

I bought four from  Ryton Potato Day, planted them mid/end April and they have never come up.  All around them are other types of spud but they never grew. ??? ??? ???

[Tin Shed]

Mine are still in the ground as well - but will report back when we do eat them.

[Jayb]

They are not the tastiest potato, last year I found them quite dry and floury. But they grew well, tubers I thought were good looking and bake well. Not tried them yet this year as I've kept the tubers for 2nd cropping Christmas potato, which I hope to plant this weekend.

[chriscross1966]

Hmm... if they are dry and floury then I'll be quite happy... I eat a lot of baked spuds and that's how I like them, all of the Sarpo strains I've tried, and their disguised relatives like Saxon might well make a big potato but it isn't a good texture for baking even if the shop is selling it as a baker.....


chrisc