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Title: pink fir apple
Post by: gowdin on August 04, 2008, 19:35:23
when should I harvest my pink fir apple potatoes, the leaves and stems are still green and erect?
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: Fork on August 04, 2008, 19:40:15
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,44132.0.html
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: gowdin on August 04, 2008, 19:43:57
thanks for that but that reply was about Anya I know I have got pink fir apple because I bought it from reputable dealer
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: Fork on August 04, 2008, 19:52:39
Read further down and you will see Tim's PFA.He tells you when he planted them too.
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: tim on August 04, 2008, 20:01:32
Lift as & when you wish. Like Earlies. But leave as many as you can for storage into Spring.

This was yesterday's meal.
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: Vortex on August 04, 2008, 23:06:33
PFA can either be lifted early as a salad or left as a late maincrop. I won't lift mine until the end of September.
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: betula on August 05, 2008, 00:06:47
A funny Pink Fir Apple I dug up today :)
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: tim on August 05, 2008, 06:42:44
Still prefer mine!!

PS Whenever you dig them, they are 'salady'.
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: kitty on August 05, 2008, 08:19:06
a few of mine escaped the grand clear out after last years blight-these volunteers have produced the best crop i've ever had from pfa!
kitty
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Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: cornykev on August 05, 2008, 16:28:24
I dug out the last of mine in November last year, this year they didn't go in until June so I will proberly dig some up for Christmas.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on August 05, 2008, 16:31:59
very impressed with PFA. Never bothered with maincrop pots before. Good yield too, even this early.

Chunky Chips Tonite!  ;D
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: KathrynH on August 05, 2008, 20:54:18
I'm growing PFA for the first time this year. I haven't lifted any yet but after looking at these pictures I'm tempted to have a peek at the weekend.

Don't they get slug or other beastie damage if you leave them in the ground right through autumn?
Title: Re: pink fir apple
Post by: saddad on August 06, 2008, 07:45:28
Can do Kathryn... but unless your soil is particulary infested not as much as you would like... a dose of Nemaslug can help...  :-X