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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: alancas on July 08, 2012, 12:38

Title: potatoes
Post by: alancas on July 08, 2012, 12:38

just dug up some potatoes from my guagmire,got two from each plant i dug up,thinking of supplying Walkers crisps.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: JayG on July 08, 2012, 12:44

That'll be the "Low-Cal" variety then?!  :lol:

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: alancas on July 08, 2012, 12:51

you  have got to laugh otherwise you,d go potty.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Bernard on July 08, 2012, 14:36

Sure they're not crocodile eggs? Can't be too careful with global warming.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: arugula on July 08, 2012, 14:38

They would be eggplants then...  :unsure:

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Yana on July 08, 2012, 16:10

Im growing my potatoes using the straw and grass method and today dug up what I thought was a perfectly shaped, white potato.
Turns out that a bird has built a nest in amongst the straw and grass and the potato was an egg!!!!  :lol: :ohmy:

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: bazh on July 08, 2012, 21:16

Quote from: alancas on July 08, 2012, 12:38

just dug up some potatoes from my guagmire,got two from each plant i dug up,thinking of supplying Walkers crisps.

Sorry mate that's pathetic lol (laughing in a friendly way) what variety were they? There must be some other factors that have contributed to the low return. 

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Bernard on July 09, 2012, 16:40

Quote from: bazh on July 08, 2012, 21:16

There must be some other factors that have contributed to the low return. 

The crocodiles ate them. I did warn you.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: m1ckz on July 09, 2012, 17:00

here in essex im doing ok,,pentland javelin,,average 18 per root,,maris bard,,,,10 per root,,,rocket a measley 6 per root,,sp all in all not bad

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: greenhead on July 09, 2012, 17:18

Lucky you m1ckz, digging up my 1st earlies 'Latona' and they are all small and rotten.  Hope the 2nd's are better.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: shokkyy on July 09, 2012, 17:25

My spuds are not doing too well this year either. I'm getting some nice spuds, but they're later, smaller and there's less of them.

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Bing on July 09, 2012, 20:18

(http://www.thesun.co.uk/img/global/logo_masthead_sun_248_90.gif)

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Ivor Backache on July 09, 2012, 20:42

I normally grow 10 rows but ths year because of the 'drought' I planted an extra 3 rows.
Today I was listening to a discussion on possible potato crop failure because they are rotting in the field.
So it seems I got it after all!! :unsure:

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on July 09, 2012, 21:32

Quote from: Bing on July 09, 2012, 20:18

(http://www.thesun.co.uk/img/global/logo_masthead_sun_248_90.gif)

what's that all about Bing?

Do you want some sun - most of us would  ::)

Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: hushda24 on July 09, 2012, 22:01

Quote from: m1ckz on July 09, 2012, 17:00

here in essex im doing ok,,pentland javelin,,average 18 per root,,maris bard,,,,10 per root,,,rocket a measley 6 per root,,sp all in all not bad

Nice :)

Now i know i am also doing ok as i am geting around 50 maris bard spuds for 5 roots per bin :)

I am going to harvest a pentland jav tomorrow now :)