The Great Spud Challenge 2010

[Tattieman]

Well I think I will join in the fun. My potato of choice will be Winston.

[Tattieman]

[cornykev]

No cheating though Iain  ;)  and do you think you could get us a double spread in Kitchen Garden, I can see it now, North and south unite in Cornys Spud Challenge.       ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Tattieman]

That could be an interesting angle for Kitchen Garden to go for ;D
I won't cheat as I have only just put my spuds out for chitting today. :'(
I just puts some pics of them on my blog.
As long as I don't have to eat all the spuds myself then I will be ok.
I think the growers in the south will have a big advantage.

[Stopp]

I bought my spuds from you Tattieman as I did last year too, so hoping for another good crop.  Will try 3 in a polypot for the spud challenge. Brought a bag of compost inside to warm up and may have to use bubblewrap to keep polypot warm. Weather still very chilly here in sunny manchester!

[manicscousers]

well, we won't be planting today, there's 4" os snow on the ground, plus, it froze again last night so can't get anywhere near the plot  :-\
never mind, will see how it goes in the week  ;D

[grawrc]

-7 here!! too cold for me and the tatties!

[gwynnethmary]

Have you not got any earlies to put in, no its not cheating and if you was as your a monkey hanger I'd turn a blind eye.  ;)      ;D ;D ;D
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thought Kestrel were earlies!  You can tell I'm a complete novice!

[Mortality]

Im going to put one seed potato in a black florist pot.
erm how do i do this?
Half fill the pot with compost and put the spud in or?

[grawrc]

They're second earlies. It's first earlies you want for early planting. Mind you you could give Kestrel a go experimentally!

[Trevor_D]

Sorry, guys - won't be planting this weekend. It's falling down with rain here, and the five day forecast on the BBC says the same for the rest of the week!

Try again next weekend.

[1066]

Yup I'm  postponing till next week......

[Digeroo]

I did not read this thread yesterday so I put mine out.   ???

[Mortality]

ok planted, can I cover it in a clear plastic bag or is that cheating?

[Sparkly]

Can't plant here - it is covered with snow - boo hoo!

[Tattieman]

Getting your spuds chitted in a warm room just now will be of more benefit than planting outside when it is cold.
Stopp you have the right idea about using the polypots ;)

[Stopp]

Think I may have to leave the spud challenge another week.  Woke up to snow here and its still snowing!!  I've had enough of the stuff    :'(   Can't wait until spring.

[Hosta]

I am not planting mine either, they havent chitted yet and its still frozen out there.

[Barkie]

Hi all,

This seems like a fun place so I've joined.

I've got Rocket which are chitting, but the garden is frozen silly, so depending on the container size I'll aim to get 3 or 6 in for a bit of fun.

[manicscousers]

Hiya, Barkie, welcome to a4a  ;D
more the merrier

[Mortality]

Welcome Barkie