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I grow my spuds in containers and have only ever grown Pentland Javelin (which have done really well for me).

I have been into Wilkos and succumbed to Charlotte (which I believe is a second early) and Rooster (which I believe is a red skinned) this year.

Can anyone enlighten me on these varieties. Are they decent spuds?

Cheers,
Jo.

Charlotte are one of the best second early spuds. They are waxy and have a great flavour and are a very good salad potato. A very good choice. ;D

Also a big fan of Charlotte, in fact bought mine today! Great as small salad potatoes, even nicer when left a bit longer and bigger!

Rooster...not tried growing them yet, I did buy some last year but ended up giving them away as I ran out of room and had bought too many..... :-[

I've grown charlottes for several years both in the ground and in containers, and both as a second early and as a second crop for christmas. They're a very good potatoe to grow and crop well in all cases - just remember that if they're in containers they need a lot of watering.

Haven't grown rooster before , but they're in my schedule for this year.

Third year for growing Charlottes... great potato, especially when you use them in a stew type recipe...they stay intact.

I grew Rooster last season and they were great  :)

Grew Roosters for the first time last year. Late potato with good yield. Particularly good for roasting and frying.

Have grown Charlotte for several years. Very good as a smallish salad second early but can be left in the ground to get larger.

Good choices - grew them both last year.
Charlotte is a lovely salad potato and Rooster makes the most wonderful mash!

Thanks everyone for your replies.

It would seem that I have chosen two decent spuds here then. I wish I could say that these were chosen after I had done some research, but in truth, I saw them in Wilko's and just picked them up  ;D

Hope they do as well for me as they seem to have done for you.

Jo.

Hello Tattieman, hadn't seen you sneak in there.. welcome to the site!  ;D

hiya, tattieman, nice to meet you  ;D
jo, we grew rooster from a wilkies small pack last year, a bit more expensive seed potatoes but a lovely spud  ;D

Hi all.
Yeah I was doing a search the other night for allotment sites and I came across this website and thought I could always pass on a bit of help to people about their spuds.
Lots of nice folk on here with nice questions for me to answer ;D

WELCOME TATTIEMAN  ;D ;D

Hi,

I have no input on what spuds are like only because its my first year and have not grown anything yet Except my garlic. ;D

Just wondered as few of you mention growing in containers what containers they were.


Thanks lucy

Hello Tattieman......... ;D

Welcome Tattieman  :)

Mummybunny, I use large buckets or large containers to grow my spuds. You must make sure that they have plenty of drainage holes in the bottom, and you must ensure that you water regularly.

You can now buy special 'sacks' in which to grow potatoes, but I think the buckets and containers work just as well.

Jo.

I used an old dustbin, with holes in the bottom, for my Charlottes last year.  Three tubers produced a lot of spuds.

Thanks will try that then. i have seen the spud bags and spud containers but they  seem so expensive!!

Before I had my lottie, I used the large trugs. Drilled holes around the base, about 1 inch up from the base. I grew swift.
I only put one seed per trug and my best result I got 34 potatoes, but mostly 24.



Potatoes on far left

Hi Tattieman I think we've met on another site,  :-\  mummybunny you can also grow spuds in large builders bags.  ;D ;D ;D

we bought collapsible leaf bags(2.99) in in stores, they were ideal for growing spuds in, 3 per bag , followed by french beans in 2 and leeks in the other , and they fold up when we're not using them  :)