Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Antonius on June 21, 2010, 17:16
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I was chuffed to bits today because I got my first earlies and they look smashing. Cant wait for tea. Yummy :D Note to self; must buy camera!
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My OH always tells me they are not ready yet but his dad said they should be and I agree - d-i-l- carries some weight with his opinions! Going to have a dig tomorrow - one plant each of Charlottes, Vivaldi and Edgecote Purple.
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:tongue2: ooh, I tell you what, I'm off now to have a furtle! I can't wait any longer. :nowink:
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Mine are Arron Pilot and a good size. Will be eating them by half-six! Yeehaa :D
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Had the first of my arran pilot which were started in the greenhouse. About 15 small spuds which boiled with some fresh mint were amazing!
Steve
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To Plum Crumble.....I hope your furtle was fruitful! :D My Arran Pilot tea was top scran
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My first earlies got nipped by the frost and are looking very unimpressive. I dug one up to take a look and got the four tiniest baby spuds you could imagine. :ohmy: My second earlies are coming along much better, so I'm putting all my hopes in them instead.
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ah Antonius, the Furtling were a Curate's Egg - good in parts! Just like Womabt18, my first earlies had been frosted - so the effort put in by the plants to regenerate foliage meant not enough was left to give a good crop of tubers - so first earlies (Charlotte) a little disappointing! :nowink: Second earlies much better (Maris Piper) :tongue2:
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I don't think that Charlottes are first earlies anyway :unsure: off I go to check.......
looked here (http://varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Charlotte) and they are second earlies :)
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Please correct me if i'm wrong, but i've got maris piper spuds in too and i'm sure they are a main crop
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blinkin' eck, what a twit!!!! ::) (Me that is) I didn't mean Charlotte, I meant Lady Christl. And I didn't mean Maris Piper, I meant Maris PEER. D'oh, D'oh D'oh!!!!! :wacko: :wacko:
sorry gang, need to focus. I blame the hayfever.............. ::)
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:wacko: I know how you feel
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Havent furtled earliers yet but as they were frost hit like Plum said foilage and no tubers - would it be worth just leaving them in till the end of month or will they just not crop. The foilage looks good and strong. Ive got Colleen in never tried them before.
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I'd leave em a while longer and give them a good water if they are dry :)
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My first earlies. This was three or four plants worth as they have been hit by frost.
Maris Bard
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/tomfgd/Image118.jpg)
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I've pulled up a third of my charlottes already which are gorgeous and mostly a good size, but I've noticed there are lots of tiny tiny potatoes that are still attached. Does that mean I'm pulling them up too early and those ones still have to grow?
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If the majority are a good size,you are doing the right thing in lifting your earlies. My dad always went by the rule of lifting earlies and lates two weeks after the flowers have dropped from the plant. He's not wrong :D
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First try this year at growing spuds, using growbags and growing:
Rocket
Pentland Javelin
Maris Piper
and
Cara
So two earlys and two main crop, two bags of each.
I have a couple of different types of bags some of which have side access flaps. I felt around inside one of the bags of Rocket on Sunday and did manage to find one golf ball size spud to try, which was very nice, as soon as we finish the latest bag of bought Jerseys i'll be attacking the bags with fingers crossed.
Bob
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I made a warm potatoe salad with my Red Duke of Yorks on Sunday, I am still thinking about how good it was now. Sweet , creamy and delicious!
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I harvested more cherie today,have beeb harvesting for last two weeks and am so pleased with results so far :)
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had a firtle on my charlotte first earlies and i am chuffed, i only went down 2" and found 3 spuds close together all bigger than a egg , :)