[GafferGamgee]

As a kid I used to love "Jersey Mids"....

A) Are they available as seed potatoes ??
B) Can they be grown in Leeds? Or just Jersey??

[shaun]

the type you need are international kidney i think and i'm sure they would be fine in leeds

[GafferGamgee]

Thanks!!! Found some seeds ...will give them a go if I get the alotment soon enough!!

[muntjac]

if not grow em inn compost and plant in bin liners  

[Lottie Lady]

Hi - I did International Kidney in bags last year - they put on an awful lot of top growth and not much else really.  I was advised if I tried them again to use older/spent compost as the new compost was too rich.  I don't think I watered them enough either :?   I must admit though that the Lady Christl that were grown on the lottie were much tastier!

LLx

[muntjac]

old compost is right  lottie i colect other folks old gro bags and i used them in the greenhouse , remember to water and make sure there is plenty of depth to the compo

[shaun]

yer right mate if i done this i would mix 50/50 with decent top soil i think

[DD.]

I've posted this link before, but it's well hidden in a different sub-forum!!

http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000462

The soil in Jersey where they grow the spuds is no where like the soil over here, in fact it's had so much of this stuff dug in, you'd hardly call it soil now!

I've grown International Kidney here, sadly they tasted nothing like the Jerseys - the answer lies in the soil!

[GafferGamgee]

Thanks for all the info!!
If I can get a few tubers I may try it or more likely I will go for a good crop of a more suitable spud...

Thanks anyway!

[shaun]

i grew these a couple of years back and i thought they were ok ish but there are better early potatoes

[mercury]

Has anyone grown rocket before, and how did you find them, i'm trying them for the first time this year