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I am growing some International Kidneys "Jersey Royals" and it is the first time I have tried them, someone told me to harvest them whilst in flower as the skins will be flaky and if I were to harvest them after flowering the skins would be more firm, is this true?.

Cheers
Tony

Now that is a good question. Almost certainly accurate. During WWII, wasn't that how they knew the potatoes had been dug up before they should be?  Unsure if it was actually a criminal offence to dig them up too soon. May be there is some one older than me who can tell us.

When I was a kid all 'new' potatoes had flaky skins which we scraped, we called them 'old' when the skins went firm and needed peeling.

But then we didn't get the varieties either, just 'whites' or 'king Edwards'. Cyprus potatoes came in when the old ones were unfit to use any more and the new ones were not ready yet. You could tell Cyprus, they had orange dust on them.

The difference was, you couldn't do chips or mash with new potatoes (you could with Cyprus spuds)

We had boiled, mash,Jacket or chips (roast on a Sunday) potatoes every day then. Rice and Macaroni was cooked in milk as a pudding. To eat Rice or pasta as a savoury was foreign muck. Cous-cous unheard of and noodles were only found in Chicken noodle soup (from a packet).

I'll shuddup now!

A nice read PH, maybe a thread on growing during challenging times should be started...I have listened to some stories from chaps on our site who are in their eighth decade and gripped I have been . I live right next to our lotties and sometimes when I just pop out to take out veg peelings I can be gone for two hours chatting ;D....Mrs. Leek is used to it now...She reckons we have a shed pub somewhere on site "lol".

I was 40 two weeks ago and I bought a Rover 75 T Tourer this year....Some family and people at work think I should have a pipe and slippers now topped with a flat cap....Mind you they are more than happy without comment to eat anything from our lotties.

Cheers
Tony

What is says is that you are enjoying what you are doing and that is what it is all about.

I notice here on his forum how often people come on and say things like

' I do not know the answer to the question' or You cant do that.

Their input has had no use at all, but it is their life. Bless them.

Attention everybody.Do not respond to posts if you don't know the answer.
Apparently your imput is no use.

Are you having a laugh PH. :(

I see you know your place Betula

What place would that be then sweetie.

Oh just a thought,when your answer is taken from books or web sites it is normally good manners to credit the author. :(

Is that a fact?

I was always taught that :-if you have nothing useful, to say or helpful to add.

Keep out of the way and be quiet.

Are you in the army or something?

You seem to like control ::)

No doubt an expert will be along shortly with an answer

Yes ,quite a lot of us on this site say that,we don't pretend to know everything.

Hang on Betula.
weren't you the one who objected to someone calling you "love" in a previous post????
Sweetie must be ok then ???

Consistency is everything darling!

I don't mind darling,darling :)

I will rest my case
I have made my point and note that others feel the same.

Quote from: PurpleHeather on June 01, 2008, 20:06:02


What is says is that you are enjoying what you are doing and that is what it is all about.

I notice here on his forum how often people come on and say things like

' I do not know the answer to the question' or You cant do that.

Their input has had no use at all, but it is their life. Bless them.

I have just come in from my lottie had some scran turned on the pc and what the hell is all the above about???.

PH seems to be of the opinion that you should only respond to posts if you know the answer. ::) ::) ::)

To answer the OP's question. Maybe. :P

Well I started the thread so the Bunny Boiler must have had to much sherry at lunch...I am pretty xxxxxx off with the nature of the response regarding my question. IMHO this may be the last time I ask anything on this site...

Cheers
Tony

Tony you really must not take any notice. There are many more of us here who would much prefer to talk to you than be slammed by someone chirlish enough to even think of posting that c**p.

We need people like you ;), its all about having fun as well..... which sadly escapes some

Quote from: star on June 01, 2008, 23:31:20
Tony you really must not take any notice. There are many more of us here who would much prefer to talk to you than be slammed by someone chirlish enough to even think of posting that c**p.

We need people like you ;), its all about having fun as well..... which sadly escapes some

Ever thought about a job in the diplomatic service Star?   ;)  ;D

G x