Bumper crop of spuds

Hello and welcome to the forum 

I've had a good yield of nice, clean spuds this year, as well. Perhaps the warmer soil suited them, rather than the wet and cold soil they usually get when first planted 

Hi JRM.
              I am a retired farmer,involved in growing potatoes for a living,and many years ago,when I was young and keen to learn,I was told that potatoes do well in a year when they "have a dry bed and a damp head". It stuck in my mind and I have found it to be true many times.
       As yourself and others,we have a very big crop of Kestrel,that we find stores well into Feb or March.I have lfted our first row today and there are no seed size potatoes at all.
             Regards  John.

although we where a tad latter than usual planting both our early and our main crop of  potatoes they never the less looked quite healthy good tops moulded up plenty of soil looking good

we always grow as our main Desiree and then a mix of early spuds as a trial we also grow some potatoes in potato pots and we always plant our potatoes in another part of the allotments as part of our crop rotation as you do

however the new potatoes from the potato pots where a nice size for new spuds they broke up when cooked so we tried the new spuds on the allotment and they to broke up when boiled 

then I looked at our late spuds dug a few not a bade size but some worm damage and some had blight so although the tops have not died of yet I wondered if I should dig them we usually have enough spuds to last out the winter we had a bumper crop last year that lasted us till June from the there plot

so I've decided god willing to keep with Desiree next year and grow international kidney as my early unless anyone can convince me to try another spud that mite not break up when cooked