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tim

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Not much of a return
« on: September 22, 2011, 17:49:27 »
From 40' row?

Cara.

But very few damaged.
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2011, 18:19:32 »
a lot of my cara were damaged but my return was big ie 120 lbs from 17 seed potatoes. I daren`t bake any whole because of the insect holes and I am not too pleased with the boiling quality either, they turn to mush. I am not growing cara next year
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2011, 18:51:09 »
I just microwave my holey spuds and pick any baked critters out afterwards.......
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2011, 18:56:00 »
Beasties?

Just cut them out - this is tonight's baking.

Oh - & I reckon Cara is one of the top all-rounders. Many others have derived from it.
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2011, 19:56:41 »
Quote from: Deb P on September 22, 2011, 18:51:09
I just microwave my holey spuds and pick any baked critters out afterwards.......

Gross
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2011, 23:06:43 »
Slimy crystalised sluggies - delicious.....  :o
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2011, 07:13:42 »
Quote from: Poolcue on September 22, 2011, 19:56:41
Quote from: Deb P on September 22, 2011, 18:51:09
I just microwave my holey spuds and pick any baked critters out afterwards.......

Gross

Double gross!
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2011, 08:45:10 »
Yep I agree - GROSSSSSSSSS.... 

I baked a large spud last year to find the whole inside was black... I  was nearly sick... I am so careful now and cut it open slowly and peep inside...

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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2011, 08:50:40 »
Quote from: gavinjconway on September 23, 2011, 08:45:10
Yep I agree - GROSSSSSSSSS.... 

I baked a large spud last year to find the whole inside was black... I  was nearly sick... I am so careful now and cut it open slowly and peep inside...



I too have opened a baked potato to find a steaming baked slug in the middle of it.  It does put you off your lunch, doesn't it?
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2011, 08:59:12 »
I've given up growing spuds as we don't eat that many and i prefer to devote my space to more expensive salads and hard to find crops.

However I do like to grow broccoli and purple sprouting as we eat loads.  The yield has been poor this season cos of a drought here.  Funny how it's always Possum that finds the free protein in the spears.  She refuses to eat home grown now - so I don't tell her.
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2011, 09:26:55 »
Oh, dear - just cut them out!!
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2011, 09:36:39 »
Yuck and yuck again.  I think I'd throw up if I found a piping hot slug in my baked spud!
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2011, 13:03:06 »
I agree that spuds could give way to more expensive things but 1) all those things are hard to grow and I would almost certainly bugger it up and 2) spuds are such fun! I love digging them out! I do grow nice spuds though, waxy salad ones etc that would cost more in the shops. They taste better home grown.
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2011, 13:06:35 »
Quote from: Melbourne12 on September 23, 2011, 08:50:40
Quote from: gavinjconway on September 23, 2011, 08:45:10
Yep I agree - GROSSSSSSSSS.... 

I baked a large spud last year to find the whole inside was black... I  was nearly sick... I am so careful now and cut it open slowly and peep inside...



I too have opened a baked potato to find a steaming baked slug in the middle of it.  It does put you off your lunch, doesn't it?


 :o :o :o

Would put me off for an age if not ever!
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2011, 21:12:57 »
It doesn't bother me in the slightest, I see a lot worse sights at work believe me.........
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2011, 21:35:58 »
Quote from: Deb P on September 23, 2011, 21:12:57
It doesn't bother me in the slightest, I see a lot worse sights at work believe me.........

Yea but are they on your dinner plate??? :o
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2011, 13:53:23 »
Not mine....I do get the odd lady wanting to take her placenta home to eat though......one took hers to be professionally made into pills that apparently help alleviate post natal depression, each to their own! ;)
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2011, 14:40:20 »
I think I'd rather have placenta than slugs!! .. mmmm, actually I think I'll pass on both?!! ;D ;D
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Re: Not much of a return
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2011, 15:07:58 »
Or liver??
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