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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: RichardA on July 16, 2009, 18:13

Title: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: RichardA on July 16, 2009, 18:13

Sometime ago in a run of comments about new potatoes I mentioned Charlottes and keeping them small as salad potatoes. Someone replied and said if they get bigger they make the best jacket potatoes imaginable.This year I planted more and they got bigger and guess what they do make the best jacket potatoes imagineable - so whoever that was - thanks for the tip. Good one.
R

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: DD. on July 16, 2009, 18:40

Please can I claim the fame for that one?

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=33000.msg395963#msg395963

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: titch on July 16, 2009, 21:08

will check out the tip when i pull some when it stops bloomin raining long enough!!

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: RichardA on July 16, 2009, 22:41

DD yes it was you and I was fairly certain it was but could not be as sure as you were -- how on earth do you remember all the postings ??
R

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: DD. on July 17, 2009, 06:40

I don't!

But this one rang a bell and I simply did a forum seach of my posts containing the word "baked" to confirm it.

Handy little facility to make you look clever!

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: chimaera on July 17, 2009, 07:48

They make damned fine mash as well.
Unless you are frying chips (which I don't), is there any need for another type of spud?
Charlie

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: hectic on July 17, 2009, 08:28

Charlottes are the spuds of the gods!  :)