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amiman

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Potatoes in Pots
« on: September 07, 2019, 10:38 »
Next year I am thinking of growing my potatoes in 30l pots.

What are the best type of potato for this.
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Grubbypaws

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Re: Potatoes in Pots
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2019, 11:56 »
I grow all my potatoes in containers. The best first early is Lady Christl. Second early I would go for Jazzy. For my maincrop I have always grown Setanta as a good roasting potato for winter but someone on this forum suggested Sarpo Kifli as providing salad potatoes with a new potato taste throughout winter! I am definitely going to give them a go next year.
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Mr Dog

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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2019, 13:13 »
Results from my potato experiment. Yields are per tuber. I've still to harvest my mains (will update when I do) and previously have had 2kg/tuber from Sarpo Miras in 30L pots.

Anya; 30L pot/MPC + straw; 430g
Anya; 30L pot/MPC; 840g
Belle de Fontenay; 30L pot/MPC; 890g
Charlotte; 10" flower bucket/MPC; 315g
Charlotte; 30L pot/MPC + straw; 850g
Charlotte; 30L pot/MPC; 1235g
Jazzy; 30L pot/MPC; 1220g
Kifli; 30L pot/MPC + straw; 1160g
Sarpo Una; 30L pot/MPC; 1405g
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Mr Dog

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Re: Potatoes in Pots
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2019, 19:34 »
Results (yield in g/tuber) for the main crop spuds. All 2 tubers per 30L pot in MPC.

Ambo 1620*
Blue Danube 1500
Carolus 1940
Kifli 1600

*2 widely different results from 2 pots: 2200g and 1040g due in part to some rejects in the second pot which was harvested a couple of weeks after the first - a few rejects in the 2nd pot of Carolus also but nowhere near as many.
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