[Pompey Spud]

Anyone grown them before. If so, any good?

Giving them a go...quite like the old varieties plus they look a bit diiferent.

Looked at the spud site already.

Thanks

[gillie]

Well, nobody has responded, so I will add my twopenn'orth.

W**trose sells Shetland Black for eating from time to time.  I bought a pack once.  Never again.  They cooked grey, watery and tasteless.

Gillie

[DD.]

Do a forum search on them, they crop (ha ha) up a few times.

Some folk are quite impressed with them.

[Yabba]

It would appear that lame jokes are in the same family as mares tail. They've been around for ages but keep popping up and everybody winces when they see one :|

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[realfood]

I have grown them for many years and they are one of the tastiest tatties around. They only carry a small crop of floury potatoes. Best cooked in a covered container in the microwave.

[bonfire]

I was given some to try by a neighbour on our site.
I don't want to be discouraging but was not much impressed by their eating qualities. Perhaps I am too conservative in these matters but there is something at the back of my mind that says "Pity they look so unappetising and don't taste too good to overcome it."

I also have this in my mind when eating black tomatoes so if you go for black or leopard spot tomatoes these may be for you but if you don't life is too short and land too scarce........

and don't get me started on butternut squashes.

[Pompey Spud]

Thanks.

Bit of a suck it and see approach.

[jb]

Grew them last year and really enjoyed them. Keep well for a second early-we have just finished off the last recently.
 We used them for roasties and baking and they were tasty done like this although baked they did go an unappealing grey colour. Personally I felt they were the best roasting spud I have found, especially as the flesh keeps its purple/white variagation so looks good as well as tasting good. Wouldn't try boiling as they are very floury.
Big problem is that although yields are decent the spuds are on the small size and a lot are so small as to be virtually unusable. This was on the same spacing as our Kestrel that gave lots of big bakers so not due to overcrowding. So if you grow them I would grow another variety as well.
Jon

[compostqueen]

I've got one tuber and I'm going to grow it in a tub   

[Pompey Spud]

thats what i was thinking of doing. Growing most in tubs.

Thanks peeps

[harry]

I just purchased 20 shetland blacks ( they were recommended by an old chap in the gareden centre) I have them chitting as we speak

[compostqueen]

So, we got a posse 

Compare growing notes and results?

[harry]

Yes ok, i thought i'd put most of mine in the allotment but i'll put some in a tub as well 

[Pompey Spud]

sounds like a plan.

[Torreya]

Grew them first a couple of years ago from shop-bought,  managed to get some from this year's Spud Day at Ryton. We loved the flavour, but like the earlier comment, they're not the highest producers!