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Quote from: sandersj89 on January 24, 2006, 09:38:42


I grew Picasso last year and the yield was very good, huge spuds too big even for baking. The largest spud was enough to use for 4 of us when mashed!!! But it did suffer from slugs a bit and the taste was not the best.

HTH

Jerry

Thanks for that Jerry, food for thought!

Rocket for early and Vitelotte for taste. I'm not growing for quantity this year, just for a little taste of me own spuds :P If I were, I would grow Kestrel, unanimous vote on our plot.

I'm planting Sharpe's Express for first earlies; Edzell Blue and British Queen for second earlies; Arran Victory and Record for maincrop. All selected for flouriness and flavour.

Just bought mine - had to switch my list around a bit, so...

Salad: Belle de Fontenay
1st Earlies: Foremost (substitute for Rocket :-\)
                   Arran Pilot
2nd Earlies: Kestrel, Kestrel, Kestrel! (due to praise read here - thanks :D)
Main Crop:  Desiree, Cara

but..have a muck tub going spare this year which would take, say, 3 Pink Fir Apple if anyone's got some going spare?

Oh well - worth asking ;D

Alishka i can send you a few pink fir as ive got 6kg ( well they are me faves ;D ) pm me your addy and i will sort em out for you

i do love the pentland javelin, pick them small or let them grow huge, ive just this week picked the last of mine for dinner!!!, even after all the frost and they still keep the lovely flavour.

Quote from: flower on January 25, 2006, 16:39:09
Alishka i can send you a few pink fir as ive got 6kg ( well they are me faves ;D ) pm me your addy and i will sort em out for you

thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ;D ;D ;D

Lady Christl, Kestrel, Orla, Pink Fir Apple and Roseval. If they ever get here. :(

Went and bought the last of my seed spuds yesterday! My list is now:

Lady Christl (FE)
Maris Bard (FE)
Accent (FE)
Kestrel (SE)
Nadine (SE)
Cara (Main)
Picasso (Main)
Romano (SE/Main - labelled main in the shop)

They are all now happily chitting away  :) Will try to post photos when I can get the camera to work!

Think I said earlier that our bonus pots from T&M were Yukon Gold but in fact they were part of our order - the bonus bag of 10 tubers is in fact Adora - anyone tried them already?

I've not tried them but I'm sure I read somewhere that they're low carb and get advertised as the "Atkins potato".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1440773,00.html

Lol, grawrc, hadn't read that - I did google and got various reports but T&m didn't mention low carb - wonder if that means I can eat more chips made from Adora??  ;) ;D

Go for it! ;)

I don't think it's suitable for chipping; water content too high. Well, if it has less carbs it must have more of something else....

How about this then?http://archive.thisisessex.co.uk/2005/8/24/232395.html
;)

Wow, miracles do happen, my prayers are answered, everything comes to she who waits - but we only got 10 tubers - still that's about 1 row all for me ::) 
Apologies for wandering off topic and thanks, grawrc.

Jerry - Picasso? - just to remind you - & agree!!

And was it 9lb per plant??

Like the picture title, Tim. I just bet you were  8).

!!