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Don't forget tomorrow is        Spud Challenge The Big Dig Up Day. :P
Some of us have already nicked a few, best of luck everyone and happy birthday to Trev D and Tonybloke.      ;D ;D ;D   

Just as an addition to this thread it is spud in a bucket weigh in day at ainsdale allotments, in bolton wish me luck.

The weather is awful here.    Tipping down.   No chance of a dig up.

I was away last week  ???

Have u dug any up Barnowl.     ???     ;D ;D ;D

Bit stupid, but why are folk lifting earlies for storing??

No Tim we only put a few seed potatoes in on valentines day just to see what the harvest would be like. Mine were eaten a few weeks ago.

Quote from: cornykev on June 16, 2009, 17:14:50
Have u dug any up Barnowl.     ???     ;D ;D ;D

Plan to empty a pot out tonight. Just had two 10" pots with one seed potato in each (not allowed to count last October's planters with Anya and Vivaldi in them).

Taken in late April

10" pots
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Planters
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Quote from: tim on June 16, 2009, 17:59:22
Bit stupid, but why are folk lifting earlies for storing??

Good question Tim unfortunately i don,t know the answer
Mine stay in the ground till needed.

I only lift earlies as needed.

My yields so far, based on a single plant of each from the end of the row:

Riviera: 2lb 6oz/plant
Mimi: 2lb 2oz/plant
Dunbar Rover: 2lb 8oz/plant

No idea if that's good or bad. All my potato plants are huge, a good 3' tall, and the foliage reaching right over to the next row, many of my neighbours plants are under a foot. Not sure why.

I am going to stop reading the potato posts cos the green eyed monster is coming out of me.   I am a couple of weeks behind growers south of me, still the bright side is i will be digging up my earlies when you have moved onto the seconed earlies.

Quote from: davyw1 on June 16, 2009, 21:27:49
I am going to stop reading the potato posts cos the green eyed monster is coming out of me.   I am a couple of weeks behind growers south of me, still the bright side is i will be digging up my earlies when you have moved onto the seconed earlies.

Dunbar Rover is a second early, couldn't resist lifting one, but I'll be leaving the rest for a while.

No storing here Tim, ??? just dig them up as I need them, I've been eating them since the 25th May,  :P if I was visiting your neck of the woods Davey I'd bring you up a few.     ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: cornykev on June 17, 2009, 15:26:52
No storing here Tim, ??? just dig them up as I need them, I've been eating them since the 25th May,  :P if I was visiting your neck of the woods Davey I'd bring you up a few.     ;D ;D ;D

OR NOW HERE, There is no need for this try putting the salt on your taties and not my wounds
I have just got flowers on now.

Nor here Tim ! I've been digging up  Swift earlies as I need them for the past few weeks, with enough still in the ground to see me though to the end of the month I reckon.

Well here they are: one rather neglected seed potato in a 10" (about 11 litre) pot produced this.

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Not sure if that's a good result or bad...suspect it's a "could try harder"  :)

I emptied one of my toy tubs over the lottie and was very disappointed with the result.      :( :( :(                               ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: cornykev on June 19, 2009, 16:53:07
I emptied one of my toy tubs over the lottie and was very disappointed with the result.      :( :( :(                               ;D ;D ;D

what did you get? Toy spuds?   ;)

Quote from: tonybloke on June 20, 2009, 17:50:56

Quote from: cornykev on June 19, 2009, 16:53:07
I emptied one of my toy tubs over the lottie and was very disappointed with the result.      :( :( :(                               ;D ;D ;D

what did you get? Toy spuds?   ;)

well I guess it's got to be better than throwing your toys / spuds out of your pram  ;D  ;D  ;D

Oi, keep on and I'll Mash the pair of you.    ;)       ;D ;D ;D