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First Early Foremost 2nd Wilja Salad Anya. I don't bother with main crop either lost to many to blight.

Quote from: Plot69 on December 19, 2009, 09:57:04

I'm not saying they're the best flavour, but in terms of yield and pest resistance they've proved unbeatable, at least on my plots anyway. My Mrs loves them, they're large, uniform and very easy to peel... Mind you, anything is easy to peel compared to the PFA's I grew last year.

Why are you trying to peel PFA?...  ??? They taste great with the skins on :D

pink fir apple, is that the one with all tops and very few spuds...?

Quote from: jimtheworzel on January 10, 2010, 13:16:16
pink fir apple, is that the one with all tops and very few spuds...?

Not from my experience Jim - plenty of spuds

only one way to find out!, ill have to grow a few, not grown for many years , grew when they first came back for sale in the 80s, but never did much  { healthy tops but a poor crop } per hap's i did things wrong       any hints or tips from you experts out there greatly welcome

regards...Jim

Jim PFA are a very late maincrop. You are looking at a growing season of 24 weeks. They do grow a large foliage and you should try to grow them in an area with high potash. Give them plenty of space and protect from blight. I use Nutrimate to increase the root system and improve the yields by around 10% per tuber planted. They make wonderful chips but I just eat them with their skins on with a side of butter.

For years I hated potatoes, refused to eat them. And then a friend served up Anya potatoes which he had sliced thinly and roasted in a load of olive oil with rosemary, crushed chillis and lemon juice. It was the most amazing thing ever! Love their slightly nutty flavour. Last year I grew Jersey Royals which were lovely as ever, but am growing Anya this year as they really are the best.

Can anyone help me? On GW last year, Alys was talking about some potatoes which had scented flowers. I seem to remember they were pink. Am v.keen to hunt the cultivar down as would love to give them a go...

FennelandFern the scented potatoes were Maris Peer sent by myself to Alys. A variety called cardinal also have scented flowers. Potato haulms in full bloom can look very good in a garden.

Blimey - straight from the horse's mouth! That's fab. Do you have a potato website?

 :D Nicola for me, great taste and disease free...

Tattieman love your website/ shades x

Tattieman, your website is really useful - I've sent the link to my allotment email group.
Just one thing, I noticed that you don't sell my favourite, Anya.  Is there any reason for this?

I am not allowed to sell Anya, Rooster or Vivaldi because they are controlled by plant breeders rights and a company that I supply has the rights to sell them but won't sell them to me :'(
It is just the way things are.
Charlotte is a far superior potato to any of the above anyway so I am not too bothered.

Charlotte is fine but it's quite susceptible to blight. I grew Maris Peer one year; it's the best-looking potato I've grown.

Anyone grow FOREMOST,stays waxy when cooked,great flavour,good slug resistance,not a huge cropper,but how I look foreward to that first lifting with the young carrots.
ps. tried all the others always come back to this one.
Ivor

Quote from: greenhilllad on January 11, 2010, 09:26:24
Anyone grow FOREMOST,stays waxy when cooked,great flavour,good slug resistance,not a huge cropper,but how I look foreward to that first lifting with the young carrots.
ps. tried all the others always come back to this one.
Ivor

Interesting you say that Greenhilllad - I grew Foremost this year and was very disappointed by the taste! reasonable crop, not much slug damage. I won't be growing them again as according to my taste buds I prefer others  :)

Not growing any this year...fed up with the slug holes, threw all of last years away in the end.

Kea try groing some in containers or use nemaslug and all your slug worries will be gone.

we are doing

Rockets for early as the provided us with a massive haul last year
and Sarpo Mira for maincrop, mainly as no one else on my site has ever heard of them lol. Plus there better resistance to blight and large yeilds.

Tasteless Foremost but a good cropper and doesn't usually let you down.  Maris Peer and Maris Piper.

Grew 6 varieties last year none of the above and was very disappointed so have gone back to the tried and tested ones that seem to do well in my soil.

I like Charlotte but they were bad last year too.