potatoes

[Twoflower]

Having started on my earlies i have been thinking what to grow next year. What are people's favourites and why? looking for inspiration as this year i just put in the potatoes that the association sold.  :)

[Twoflower]

[manicscousers]

we grow rocket earlies in the poly, red duke of york are a new one this year, very impressed by the yield and taste, rocket, grew them last year and were impressed, kestrel and desiree we always grow..red spuds don't seem to get the same amount of attention from slugs  ;D

[steve76]

Duke of york and pink fur apple are my fav......... but i am trying Bambino this year will let you know when i dig a few

[Kepouros]

Four plants of Rocket for earliness.  Then Sharpes Express - a form of late first early with marvellous flavour, a high dry matter content (lovely for chips) and excellent keeper, then Nadine, Kestrel and Charlotte to fill the storage sacks in the shed.

[tomatoada]

Started getting up International Kidney.  I think they are as good as Jersey Royals.   Will be planting them next year  I sanyone else growing them.

[Kepouros]

Started getting up International Kidney.  I think they are as good as Jersey Royals.   Will be planting them next year  I sanyone else growing them.

Actually they`re one and the same, but only the ones grown in Jersey may be called Jersey Royals, all the rest are called International Kidney.  Personally I find they can be very disappointing.

[small]

Pink fir apple - the taste is heavenly and they don't get too big too quickly.

[saddad]

Epicure, red dukes, anya, picasso, desiree, Eddies... and some fun ones like Aura in a dustbin...

[Tattieman]

I just lifted one bag of Winston tonight. I planted one potato in a bag with 17litres of compost and I got 4lbs 6oz of potatoes. Result I would say. I wanted them for showing but they are far too big. Biggest one was 10.6oz.
People said the Winston were not nice to eat but I like them.

[non-stick]

We planted a few Smile up - just because Mrs Stick liked the name.

Hi by the way - been a guest browser of the forum for a while now and thought I might as well register and join in the chat

[Flighty]

Hello non-stick and welcome to A4A!

[BarriedaleNick]

I have grown Dunluce for the last couple of years and they are very tasty with a good crop.

[littlebabybird]

hi stick, welcome to a4a

lbb

[hopalong]

My family love Pink Fir Apple too. We also love Charlotte - I know it's dead common and in all the supermarkets, but you can't beat the taste and texture of grow-your-own spuds. Red Duke of York is good roasted or steamed but gets very mushy when you boil it.

[saddad]

I find Red Duke varies... it boils better after it has stored for a bit... and in a potato sack in the outside loo it keeps til after Christmas...  :)

[Twoflower]

i really fancy trying red duke of york, if it is a early potato can i plant it now for the winter? Can i plant it where the rockets that i have just eaten where? :)

[angle shades]

 :D Nicola and Maris bard for earlies / shades x

[cornykev]

Rocket and Kestrel, I'm still havn't decided on my maincrop.  :-\      ;D ;D ;D

[Flighty]

I've gone for Swift, Kestrel, Desiree and Cara this year. I'll see how what they're all like before deciding on what to go for next year.

[meg_gordon]

I live in Ayrshire, and our local new potatoes are sold as "Ayrshires" but to the rest of the world they are Epicures.  I have grown them in bags for the last six years and they are fantastic.  Driving up the coast from Ballantrae to Skelmorlie, you can see the "tattie howkers" - these days mechanical rather than human -  moving from Girvan where the first harvest is lifted late April all the way up to Skelmorlie as the summer progresses.  My rose tinted memories of growing up aside - they are also tasty new potatoes.  Sandy soil helps here by the way and the old fertiliser used to be seaweed!

I have Golden Wonders as main crop - again, a potato I grew up with, so know how to cook them - buggers for breaking up when boiling - so 8 minutes simmering, then pour leaving two or three tablespoons of water and steam for the last 8 or 9 minutes.  The BEST mash potatoes in the world - and roasted - well - they are fantastic.

Suppose you can guess now that I LOVE POTATOES!!!!

Meg