In the current Kitchen Garden Magazine there is an offer on coloured heritage potatoes such as Salad Blue and Burgundy Red. I have not tried these but they look very interesting.
For the last few years I have got my potatoes at the Gloucestershire potato days that take place each January at Dundry Nurseries in Cheltenham.
Does anyone know if these potato days this January will have these heritage potatoes? If not, I might get them through the Alan Romans offer in the magazine.
thanks,
Thomas
Usually at the Ryton day... I've grown both this year, again... they are great!
;D
I've grown Salad blue and Burgundy red. All you need is a nice white fleshed spud then you could have a patriotic mash.
Ryton Potato Day had them a few of years ago, supplied by Solanum (?) the company that supplies Waitrose. Last year, they didn't have any last couple of years (think Solanum stopped sponsoring the event?).
We grew from seed potatoes. Is the offer for microplants?
the East Anglia potato day will be on Saturday 9th Feb 2008 at Stonham Barns near Ipswich.
here's the website: http://www.eapd.btik.com/p_Home.ikml
Borders Organic Gardening Potato fair will be on 2nd March, Borders Union Showgground, Kelso, Scotland 11am to 3 pm
http://bordersorganicgardeners.org.uk/
Beware that the East Anglian day is near impossible to get to by public transport. There are no buses and the nearest train station is a £10 taxi journey.
The Ryton Days are 1st and 2nd Feb
VP - I have been thinking of going to the Ryton Potato day for the last two years, not made it yet, I thought I would earmark it again for this year - is it a good day, worth going to? my problem with potatoes is that I would like to grow a small quantity of a number of varieties and when looking in catalogues etc they are all sold in 3k bags
Quote from: bupster on December 11, 2007, 15:56:19
Beware that the East Anglian day is near impossible to get to by public transport. There are no buses and the nearest train station is a £10 taxi journey.
And bring your wellies :)
Quote from: Susiebelle on December 11, 2007, 16:36:24
VP - I have been thinking of going to the Ryton Potato day for the last two years, not made it yet, I thought I would earmark it again for this year - is it a good day, worth going to? my problem with potatoes is that I would like to grow a small quantity of a number of varieties and when looking in catalogues etc they are all sold in 3k bags
At the potato days you can buy one single potato of any variaty if you want.
Quote from: Susiebelle on December 11, 2007, 16:36:24
VP - I have been thinking of going to the Ryton Potato day for the last two years, not made it yet, I thought I would earmark it again for this year - is it a good day, worth going to? my problem with potatoes is that I would like to grow a small quantity of a number of varieties and when looking in catalogues etc they are all sold in 3k bags
That won't be a problem. We tended to get between 2 and 5 seed potatoes for each variety we wanted to grow!
Usually get a small row of 10-12 of about a dozen varieties...
;D
...usualy these potato days are bundled in with seed swaps and you get retailers there selling seeds at retail or lower price, for example the east anglian one has allan roman comming and you can pick the seeds up for 50pence.
Quote from: cambourne7 on December 11, 2007, 19:18:06
...usualy these potato days are bundled in with seed swaps and you get retailers there selling seeds at retail or lower price, for example the east anglian one has allan roman comming and you can pick the seeds up for 50pence.
Good tip Cambourne7.
Susiebelle - It'll be a first time for me as well - I was marking it up on my calendar for next year, so just wanted to pass the date on. I've heard it's very good.
Cambourne7 & multiveg - thanks for answering susiebelle's question before I got the chance to :-*
http://thewhitchurchweb.org/potatoday/ (http://thewhitchurchweb.org/potatoday/)
This is where we go every January. They have loads more than potatoes, seed swaps, plants, other seeds, food, demos etc.
Anyone else going besides us??? ??? ???
there's one on the wirral so we'll be going to it, will have to look at the date, can't wait ;D
found it, Gordale nurseries, Chester High Road, Burton, Wirral..26-27th January
Medwyn Williams will be there ;D