Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?

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I Love Spuds

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2020, 16:02 »
We have gone for:
Rocket and Swift - firsts
Kestral - seconds
Sentanta - mains

I decided not to grow pink fir apple this year as we had to throw a load away previously and I can only fit so many in, which is a lesson learnt! I have guilty been of cramming them in here there and everywhere around the garden as they wouldn't fit in the beds!
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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2020, 18:00 »
This year I am growing:

First Early
-Epicure (grown last year, thought they had a lovely earthy taste, if a bit of a funny knobbly appearance!)
-Lady Christl
-International Kidney

Second Early
-Kestrel (a favourite of ours for flavour and texture)
-Anya
-Jazzy

Early Main
-Picasso (makes lovely jacket spuds)
-Ambo (also successful last year)
-Apache

Maincrop (these varieties are all new to me!)
-Arran Victory
-Manitou
-Mayan Gold

Having a local potato day means I get to try lots of different varieties :D

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2020, 12:37 »
The Wilko's tombola spun and gave me.... Cara!

A bag of 5 for £1, I'll split them between my three containers for a nice few potato salads in the theoretical Summer.

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2020, 12:38 »
Tried Rudolph last year and my 10 year old says we have to grow them again.  Pink skin and the whitest flesh you can imagine.  Perfect boiled.  Other than that, some Charlotte, probably Kestrel and he liked International Kidney too last year.  Quite opinionated on his potato varieties is my boy!

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2020, 08:20 »
I am waiting to see what varieties our potato day has on offer this year before making a final decision but I plan to include
Jazzy
Kestrel
Ambo

No doubt I will get carried away and get a few more!

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2020, 19:07 »
Same as every year for me, it aint broke so not fixing it!
Charlotte & Desiree

Same here , picked up two 2kg bags of Charlotte , the garden centre didn't have Desiree in large bags , will source elsewhere. 

Reasonable yields in growing bags last year so will doing the same .
we also rescue rabbits and guinea pigs, grow own veg

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2020, 18:39 »
We only grow a few spuds as they aren't a main eating staple so by the KG is not for us.

Went into the garden centre today and the spuds had just appeared. The kids like Pink Fir Apple and King Edwards - they ask for first earlies so have picked up some Lady Christl to try.

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2020, 11:28 »
We're going to grow International Kidney, Pink Fir Apple (the yield was fantastic last year) and Pentland Javelin.

We grew the first two in containers last year but we have an allotment now.

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2020, 10:10 »
White ones and purple ones. We've decided to chit on the potatoes that went all Marine and hid from the fork in the new plot as they won't have whatever poison is in our original plot. Our plot kicks out purple ones which we may give a go of which could be Highland Burgundy or Desiree. Their darker than anything we planted.
We won't know how much space we'll have once everything is planted and given our inability to grow potatoes, we've spent a load on fruit plants, tools, plant food and we got a new plot to turn over so time is pressed.

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2020, 20:32 »
I have
pentland javlin
sarpo mira
rooster
desiree
 1kg of each type have not grown any of these types before hope they will do well :unsure:

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JimB

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2020, 20:45 »
These are the ones that grow for me.

Dunluce  earlies
Sante      maincrop
Rooster    rosties
STOP, and smell the roses!

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2020, 16:51 »
I've gone for early International Kidney (may be tempted to do a few Rocket)

Main Desiree - had a great crop last year so my thinking is not change what works

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2020, 10:59 »
Gone back to Lady Chrystl as I have not found anything as good and a new variety "Maxine" for main crop. Choice is getting more and more every year, My local nursery "Clockhouse" has @80 varieties.



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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #28 on: January 21, 2020, 05:59 »
I have gone for pentlandite javelin,rocket,and kestrel

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Re: Potato varieties for this year - which have you chosen?
« Reply #29 on: January 21, 2020, 09:08 »
We accidentally slipped and fell into Dundry Nurseries Potato Day this weekend so we can add Linda (maincrop), Mayan Rose (maincrop) and Shetland Black (earlies).



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