Cornykev 2011 spud challenge

[lottie lou]

Ok, what's everyone's weapon of choice?  Mine are Rocket from the Pound Shop.  Let battle commence

[lottie lou]

[BoardStupid]

Rocket from a similar source ... But with special weapons underneath  and on the top  ;)

[manicscousers]

I'm going to try a couple in the hot bed under a cloche, just to see the difference, if any  ;D

[calendula]

You cheated last year,  :o  right that's the windmill confiscated, come back at the end of the season and you can have it back, it's going in the naughty draw with Tones catapult and Borlotti's racket.   ;D ;D ;D    ;)

corn on the cobblers to you then mate  ;D my measley contribution then is going to ONE spud, in the ground warmed by the sun (none of this fancy soil warming stuff) and my spud of choice will be Arran Pilot which I am sure will do better than your Rockets to the moon  :P so let battle commence, handbags at dawn duel  ;D

[Tattieman]

Kev how about we have 2 competitions?

Your original plant early and harvest by the 5th of June and then the one that we talk about on the other forum where we try and grow the heaviest crop possible from one seed potato? I am going to use a builders half tonne bag for that competition ;D

That would give you one winner in June and then another winner in lets say end of August.

[shirlton]

We are growing Pentland Javelin

[tonybloke]

Kev how about we have 2 competitions?

Your original plant early and harvest by the 5th of June and then the one that we talk about on the other forum where we try and grow the heaviest crop possible from one seed potato? I am going to use a builders half tonne bag for that competition ;D

That would give you one winner in June and then another winner in lets say end of August.

you mean there's another forum? ? ?
:)

[lottie lou]

What other forum?

[pumkinlover]

Maybe he means the Potato forum ???

http://growingpotatoes.co.uk/

[tonybloke]

What other forum?

exactly!! LOL

[cornykev]

Yes Tattieman, myself and a few others are having a competition on Tattiemans spud forum growing spuds in a builders bag, it started along the lines of the storey GG mention last year about growing a tonne of spuds if dug and spaced out correctly.   :-\ :-\ :-\

[calendula]

 :o you are a potato traitor moonlighting elsewhere  ;D

[cornykev]

I find the site very  aPEELING.    :P :P :P :P :P

[lottie lou]

oooh, could you give us instructions for growing a tonne of spuds in moriarty bag.  I've got a couple

[Tattieman]

I find the site very  aPEELING.    :P :P :P :P :P

Kev you are a chip off the old block

[cornykev]

I like to keep my EYE in you know Iain.     :P :P :P :P :P

[tonybloke]

are you sprouting off again, Kev?

a chit off the old block?

[plot103]

Well, I'm growing Pentland Javelin as my first earlies this year. They're a bit of a late developer, but count me in anyway.
Let's see what we can all do.

[Digeroo]

Did we really plant them as early as 19th February last year.   I remember it got very cold just after I planted them.

I have not put mine to chit yet - better get on with it.  But the bed is dug over and the bottle cloches all ready.  I also put a plastic milk bottle full of water between each plant.  

Soil reasonably warm at the moment but looks like we may have a couple of cold nights next weeks so I will have to ensure it stays warm.

I hope you will be back to sound the starting gun.

[gazzaroo]

ill have a go to...but its so cold in northumberland