Best for Jacket Potatoes?

Plot25 · « **on:** September 19, 2006, 18:13 »

Any advice on the best potatoes jackets ie big ones? Heard somebody suggest Kondor - any experience of them? Or know where to buy 'em?

Grew Cara this year. Not bad but loads of small ones (possibly planted too close)

Also - removing all but one eye to get big spuds? Old wives tale or true?

Thanks

P25

Beanzie · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2006, 19:27 »

My personal preference would be Desiree

Heather_S · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2006, 19:30 »

I just had some baked Winston (first early, harvested months ago, but seems to have kept well) and they seem good. Leaving them in the ground for as long as possible seems to guarantee you have bigger spuds.

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2006, 19:44 »

I've just harvested my Desiree spuds, and have sizes ranging from marbles to blooming massive - big even for jackets!

Mel

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2006, 22:36 »

When we moved here 4 years ago, the man who looked after the garden for the old lady next door, gave me some of her spuds. Desiree, and one of them weighed over 1 and a half lbs!!!!

So it wasn't how many spuds do you want dear, but how many bits of this spud do you want??? lol

Plot25 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2006, 09:41 »

Thanks all, looks like the favourite is Desiree. I'll make my order on Sunday at the allotment hut.

Thanks again
P25

Sadgit · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2006, 11:40 »

these are to be planted early next year?

Plot25 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2006, 17:43 »

Yes, next year, probably around March. Just lifted this year's maincrop (Cara). Mixed results, some large, some small. Not a huge crop but probably due to to the dry summer.

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