PFA's

[Plot69]

Started digging my PFA's up today... Jeez I've never seen so many tubers on one plant.

Trouble is, with so much rain it's washed a lot of soil away from the top of the ridges so I have quite a few greened tubers. I'll leave them to green all over and save them for seed next year.

[Plot69]

[vegmandan]

What's a PFA ???

Is this txt tlk pls expln ??? ???

LOL ??  ???

[Deb P]

Pink Fir Apple potatoes..... 8)

[vegmandan]

Oh I see.

I've just harvested my SO's RS's and ENC's today.

They were lovely. ;D

[cornykev]

My PFA's didn't go in until June so I won't be touching them for a while, and i've still got MP's to dig up first.  ;D ;D ;D

[shirlton]

Its enough to bring on my PMT ::)

[tim]

Leave them to green over - why, 69??

[Plot69]

Leave them to green over - why, 69??

So that I can use them for seed next year. It's not necessarily green, more of a wrinkly dark grey colour the same as seed potatoes are.

[Plot69]

Its enough to bring on my PMT ::)

My wife's past that so it don't mean SFA to me anymore  ;)

[tim]

IMHO(!) - lift, clean & store. Nothing gained by greening, & they'll wrinkle if they want to - probably in a few months time.

[gwynleg]

Is it normal for PFA's to resemble giant star fish?

[Sparkly]

I dug ours up today and had a good harvest. These went in during June as a last minute hope as we had run out of planting space on the plot and still had not planted these. They were just in a raised bed. They were not earthed up or had anything added to the soil. Am pleased though as I wasn't sure we would get any. Next year I am definately going to plant these on the plot. They are really tasty.

[Plot69]

IMHO(!) - lift, clean & store. Nothing gained by greening, & they'll wrinkle if they want to - probably in a few months time.

I'm only doing it to the ones that are already green through too much rain washing the soil off the ridges.

I'v got bags full of good ones.

[gwynleg]

Yes, but is it normal for them to resemble giant star fish? Sorry, this is a serious question - I havent grown them before and the potatoes are all joined up together rather than separate from some of the haulms. Are these mutant PFA's or normal ones, please?!

[Plot69]

Yes, but is it normal for them to resemble giant star fish? Sorry, this is a serious question - I havent grown them before and the potatoes are all joined up together rather than separate from some of the haulms. Are these mutant PFA's or normal ones, please?!

It's perfectly normal. They come in all manor of shapes and sizes. Two old boys on my site were discussing wether the one I showed them had prostrate trouble or not.

The reason my missus wanted me to grow them is because they're impossible to peel so she gets away with it.

[tim]

No need to peel, unless you really must. Then do it - easily - after cooking.

[hopalong]

I dug mine up yesterday and got a good crop - much better than last year. I think the green manure in that part of my plot must have helped. Have had them in two meals so far and they are delicious. Well worth growing.

[tim]

We too have a lot of green ones. One reason for lifting early. Could only get worse.

Very pleased though - typically 30+ to a plant, better average size & strangely, few 'starfish'. But oh, the clag!!

Here are some on a broadsheet paper.

[Barnowl]

As you say Tim, surprisingly even.

[jlottie]

Is it normal for PFA's to resemble giant star fish?

Hi gwynleg ,  I've never seen such a strange shaped crop of spuds as the PFA's but they taste very good :)