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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Alex 98 on June 06, 2008, 10:31

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Alex 98 on June 06, 2008, 10:31

I'm going to dig some up tomorrow

Any harvested yet.

Swift?
Rocket?

Alex 98

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: gregmcalister on June 06, 2008, 10:39

I had a feel around the other day but mine (epicure) need another week or two I think. They've only just started flowering. I'm on holiday for a fortnight so when I get back I'm looking forward to starting the harvest.

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Welsh Girls Allotment on June 06, 2008, 11:52

Easy tiger !! - I only earthed mine up on Monday  :oops:  I was a bit late this year  :roll:

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Wildeone on June 06, 2008, 12:43

I've just empty'd my last bag  :cry:  They were too tasty to leave alone! Yum Yummy Yum! 8)

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: new_2_veg on June 06, 2008, 12:47

ive dug a few plants from home but they wasnt very big so gonna leave them for a  bit longer


nathster

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 06, 2008, 14:34

we have been eating ours for about 3 weeks now only on a wednesday and sunday,planted early in containers and kept in the sheds untill weather got better. just been out to get some for a couple of mates heres the pics hope you dont mind(http://[img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/philskin/DSCN00302.jpg)[/IMG](http://[img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/philskin/DSCN00311.jpg)[/IMG](http://[img]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/philskin/DSCN00321.jpg)[/IMG]                                                                                                                      they are pentland javellin not to bad but will be better when the king edwards are ready lol

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Alex 98 on June 06, 2008, 15:04

Nice work, very early, 3 weeks :o

Alex 98

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: iwantanallotment on June 06, 2008, 15:20

Wow, your potatoes look fantastic, Phil! Well done  :D

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on June 06, 2008, 15:25

They look lovely Phil, what sort are they?

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: matron on June 06, 2008, 16:01

We emptied a couple of buckets last week end. They were very nice but there were some tiny ones so we are leaving the other buckets another couple of weeks.  :D  :D

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 06, 2008, 16:50

Quote from: "GrannieAnnie"

They look lovely Phil, what sort are they?

      thanks they are pentland javellin

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 07, 2008, 08:25

Quote from: "iwantanallotment"

Wow, your potatoes look fantastic, Phil! Well done  :D

                                                                                                                  thank you very much its all thanks to the advice john gave me  :oops:  :oops:  :tongue2:

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 07, 2008, 08:34

Quote from: "Alex 98"

Nice work, very early, 3 weeks :o

Alex 98

                             yes i kept the containers in the sheds and greenhouses and with help and advice from john moved them when i thought it was safe from frost,and fed them has john suggested and the results speak for themselves          (   just one note off interest i did an experiment with half the containers only having 1 seed potato in and the other half with 2 the results were amazing the ones with 2 in grew the bigger spuds and a lot more of them even taking into account that there were more seed potatoes in the bucket the amount of spuds in the 2s exceeded the 1s by about triple the amount and better quality  )  over to you john explain that one please same amount of feed water and daylight nothing was different :o  :?

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: fatbelly on June 07, 2008, 08:55

I dug up some rocket Earlie's on Wednesday that had been planted on the 9th March.

There were one or two one the size if a Chicken egg but most were the size a strawberry.
So I intend to leave then alone for another couple of weeks.

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: shaun on June 07, 2008, 10:03

not dug any here yet but it wont be long cus i'm starving  :wink:
nice crop of spuds there phil  8)

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 07, 2008, 13:18

Quote from: "shaun"

not dug any here yet but it wont be long cus i'm starving  :wink:
nice crop of spuds there phil  8)

                                                                                                                     thanks shaun its mainly down to the advice off you guys so we should be saying a big thank you to you

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: peapod on June 07, 2008, 13:57

looking VERY tasty phil, Im going to do what you did with the containers, good timing for me reading this because Im going to order some seed spuds soon
wasnt going to try this year but you've given me the incentive :-)

so cheers mate

Paula

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Bombers on June 07, 2008, 16:07

Just dug up my first Charlotte's this morning. planted 20/03 - Still a bit small though. But had to have them for lunch.mmmmmmmm

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: crackedflowerpots on June 07, 2008, 18:34

we were going to dig up some of our earlies tomorrow but OH now likes the idea of giving them a grope first ... hope they are big enough for him  :thumleft: coz i cant wait to eat them with a lovely gala pie salad (radishes and lettuce  supplied by me :chef: , onions supplied by OH :chef:  and the rest supplied from the market :scratch: ) ... my mouth is drooling at the thought :D

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: philskin on June 07, 2008, 18:43

Quote from: "peapod"

looking VERY tasty phil, Im going to do what you did with the containers, good timing for me reading this because Im going to order some seed spuds soon
wasnt going to try this year but you've given me the incentive :-)

so cheers mate

Paula

    hi paula glad you like ,but isnt it to late this year ??

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: bb_odiham on June 07, 2008, 20:25

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=18881

Dug them up about an hour ago - "old guard" - yum!
They are in the oven now, roasting!

:)

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: mashauk on June 07, 2008, 20:38

I dug up a few Swifts today from the sacks (not using sacks again this year, far too many beasties got in), must admit there was a few rotten ones in there, but the rest were gorgeous, had them with some broad beans, peas and spinach, all freshly picked, drowning in black pepper & butter.  Doesn't matter how much you pay for your spuds they'll never taste as gorgeous as freshly dug uns!

Title: New potatoes
Post by: jarigo on June 07, 2008, 20:54

You lucky people up here in Aberdeenshire we have to wait till end of June to middle of July.

Title: Anyone dug up any spuds yet?
Post by: Alex 98 on June 07, 2008, 21:12

Here's our first
International kidney, delicious they were.
(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn162/Plot98/P1010135-1.jpg)
Allotment salad on the side
Plus meatballs

Alex 98