Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!

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Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!
« on: August 07, 2021, 13:35 »
We’ve finally got the last of the second early potatoes up. These last were two new-to-me varieties, British Queen and Epicure. Yields in terms of volume / weight are similar but the British Queen have more small tubers in the mix than the Epicure.

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Re: Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2021, 18:12 »
I've just dug up our first Marris Peer.  Good looking spud.  Cheers.  Tony.
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Re: Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2021, 17:02 »
had a good crop with our first earlies maris bard been digging charlotte as our snd earlies good size good tasting spud we just have our kestrel to dig but they where planted a bit later

on the subject of potatoes has anyone been growing a variety called Kingsman as a main crop as i thought about trying some next season

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Re: Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2021, 10:24 »
According to a newspaper article recently, there is going to be a bit of a shortage of potatoes this year.  Other countries have been so badly hit by adverse weather, they're looking to by British crops.  Lucky you that you chose to plant a few extra this year.  Might have been good timing. 

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Re: Potato Harvest Second Earlies Up!
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2021, 10:54 »
on the subject of potatoes has anyone been growing a variety called Kingsman as a main crop as i thought about trying some next season
Not one I've tried but looks reasonable from the AHDB database
According to a newspaper article recently, there is going to be a bit of a shortage of potatoes this year.  Other countries have been so badly hit by adverse weather, they're looking to by British crops.  Lucky you that you chose to plant a few extra this year.  Might have been good timing. 
With all that was going on with the pandemic I thought it prudent to really go for it this year. If things ever get really tough, potatoes are one to go for heavily.
Because we get a lot of blight here, second earlies are a good balance. Yield is higher than first earlies but more likely to be up before the blight arrives.


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