[The Golden Heap]

The lady has revealed herself with the first amazing harvest of egg size plus potatoes! Can't wait to eat them

[DD.]

I'm hoping to have a dibble at mine later today.

[azubah]

I found a few on Thursday. Enough for a lovely meal. I left the plant in, and just took some from under one side.

[Sprouts]

Dug my Lady Christl on Thursday was surprised how big they were. Well pleased   

[DD.]

My results here:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=69457.msg1203086#msg1203086

[solway cropper]

Dug my Lady Christl on Thursday was surprised how big they were. Well pleased   

If you leave em they make a good-sized spud and taste just as good. Unfortunately I've lost about half my crop this year to blackleg. For certified seed I think this is completely unacceptable but very difficult to prove where it came from. I don't suppose the fact that my other four varieties are completely unaffected would cut much ice with the supplier.

[mumofstig]

Some varieties are more prone to it than others and it cannot be detected in seed potatoes.

It could also be in your plot soil  :blink:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=223

[arugula]

Mine aren't ready yet, but I'm looking forward to eating them at different sizes as in previous years. They make equally good oven chips to the classic new potato cooking method.

[The Golden Heap]

Mine aren't ready yet, but I'm looking forward to eating them at different sizes as in previous years. They make equally good oven chips to the classic new potato cooking method.

Do you blanch them first or straight in the oven? Chip size?

[pompeyboy61]

Delighted with the results so far , good size tubers  and all a good colour and texture. Wonderful cooked with mint and tossed in butter.

[solway cropper]

Some varieties are more prone to it than others and it cannot be detected in seed potatoes.

It could also be in your plot soil  :blink:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=223

All my spuds are container grown in the same compost mix so not in the plot soil. I know Lady C are more prone than some varieties but I still think for half the crop to be affected it has to be infected tubers. While it may not be detectable in the seed it is pretty obvious in the parent plants.

[arugula]

They make equally good oven chips to the classic new potato cooking method.

Do you blanch them first or straight in the oven? Chip size?

I don't blanch them first. Just peel and chip then put in a bowl of water until you're ready to cook. Empty water from bowl, rinse and dry chips and bowl then put them back in the bowl and toss with some olive oil and salt, then cook.

[Willow_Warren]

I've had 3 meals so far!

One boiled (yummy), one kind of roasted whole (yummy) and finally par boiled, skewered and BBQ'd (yummy).  I will certainly be growing these again next year! Quite a few more plants to dig up - I have warned the OH that we're on potato eating month 

Hannah

[DD.]

Had some of ours yesterday with roast beef.

They were steamed with mint overlaid.

Mrs Digger finished her dinner well before I did, so that's a good enough assessment for me!

[Lincolnshire Floyd]

My results here:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=69457.msg1203086#msg1203086

The conclusion is that generally speaking large parents have large children and vice versa. Bit Darwinian really.