[OakR]

I told myself I would not do any potatoes this year as we had too many last year and we could try something else this year, however the a Trip to Wilko led me to purchase some Charlotte and Sharpes Express, and I thought I better order Vivaldi which my better half insists on, at which point I added in some Sarpo Mira and Pink Fir - only tried the Sarpo and Charlotte before (last year) which did well for me (only 2nd year) - my first year spuds were not liked by anyone in the family so here's hoping. I have a bit of space still to clear to will use these as an opportunity to make myself do it and have then pretty much cleared my plot!

[Tenhens]

Wilco's today and came away with four bags of Desiree , £2.50 each . Managed to resist buying other varieties!!   

[rowlandwells]

just had to try one more potato variety honest went to a garden centre today looking at the seed potatoes as you do even when you've bought your quota days before I just couldn't resist buying 2KG of Jazzy to try

now I haven't bought this variety before but I thought well give um  a go and ask if any of our fellow gardeners  have been growing Jazzy and how do you rate them the seed cost a little more than other varieties but if they produce well its worth the extra well that's what I told the wife 

and feed back on Jazzy will be much appreciated

[mumofstig]

I tried Jazzy the year before last, and wouldn't grow them again. Here they just made loads of teeny tiny tubers that really weren't worth the effort of digging up, or the fertiliser I gave them. I'm still finding volunteers in that bed.
As everybody's soil is different, I wish you luck

[Mr Dog]

just had to try one more potato variety honest went to a garden centre today looking at the seed potatoes as you do even when you've bought your quota days before I just couldn't resist buying 2KG of Jazzy to try

now I haven't bought this variety before but I thought well give um  a go and ask if any of our fellow gardeners  have been growing Jazzy and how do you rate them the seed cost a little more than other varieties but if they produce well its worth the extra well that's what I told the wife 

and feed back on Jazzy will be much appreciated

I grew Jazzy last year in 30L pots/MPC. Yield (appearance and taste) were very similar to Charlotte - 1220g/tuber Jazzy, 1235g Charlotte.

[rowlandwells]

thanks for you replies fingers crossed A"

[AnneB]

just had to try one more potato variety honest went to a garden centre today looking at the seed potatoes as you do even when you've bought your quota days before I just couldn't resist buying 2KG of Jazzy to try

now I haven't bought this variety before but I thought well give um  a go and ask if any of our fellow gardeners  have been growing Jazzy and how do you rate them the seed cost a little more than other varieties but if they produce well its worth the extra well that's what I told the wife 

and feed back on Jazzy will be much appreciated

I have grown Jazzy for the last 2 years and unlike MoS they have been very successful for me on a much improved but clay based soil.   Yields have been superb, they don't fall apart on cooking, taste great and keep well.   We had some last night with dinner, just starting to go over now.

[New shoot]

I'm growing on much the same type of soil as AnneB and had similar results with Jazzy last year. 

There were loads of them and I was lifting them as 2nd earlies right through to the end of the season, when they were more mature.  I had a sackful to store in the shed come autumn and we just have the last few to eat now.  They are starting to sprout, whereas the true main crop spuds are still holding tight.

I've bought some more to grow this year 

[juvenal]

Why are Red Rooster so hard to find?

[lettice]

I am currently chitting my faithful staples;
Charlotte, International Kidney
Red Duke of York
Mozart, Desiree, Sarpo Mira.

Last year in bags I tried Pink Fir Apple. These are the fingered type and was very impressed with how many I got in the bags.
The bags were filled nicely, I did not actually weigh them in one go as I just reached down a few times a week, every week from mid July to late October and pulled up a good 20-30 each time.
I used them steamed with a good clean, so did not peel them.
They were delicious.
I am growing them again this year too. I put five seed potatoes of them in my normal growing bags.

I have chosen a new variety this year, Blue Danube, that I have often heard people mention as another good maincrop.

I did try a number of other varieties last year that I will not grow again.
Just trialled one bag of each.
Bambino cropped well, but the potatoes were all fairly small and only good enough for boiling with an average taste.
Caeser was a fair cropping maincrop, but they were very mixed in size, tasted good.
Bonnie was an all very regular sized potato and they cropped well. For me they would only be a replacement for my Red Duke of York as like them they matured early. I prefer Duke of York taste wise.

[Wellington]

.....I thought I better order Vivaldi which my better half insists on......

Where are you getting Vivaldi? They make the best mash.

I bought my usual Pink Fir Apple (I prefer Anya, but there were none to be had), International Kidney and Maris Piper.  I’ll add Vivaldi if I can get them and will take the girlchild to fill a bag if she wants to go. She’ll probably choose something blue, and Charlotte.  Making the entire plot potatoes, at this rate!  How do people grow so many varieties and have any space left!?

[mumofstig]

Vivaldi
https://www.kingsseeds.com/Products/Vegetables/Potatoes/Potatoes-Vivaldi-Second-Early-2kg

Sainbury  are selling bags of them for cooking, if you are planting in containers - I wouldn't chance them in the soil though.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/Christmas-vegetables/sainsburys-vivaldi-white-potatoes--taste-the-difference-2kg

[Wellington]

Thank you. What are the issues with planting them in the ground?  I never have much success with growing spuds in containers.

[mumofstig]

Ware potatoes (ones grown for food) aren't checked for virus/disease in the same way that the seed potatoes are. Theoretically you could be introducing something nasty to your plot soil if you plant them.

[Wellington]

Ah, I see. I wonder how they check for viruses, and whether they could screen my daughter on her way home from school?   I must see if I can nab a couple of my big containers back and give it another go.