Which potato varieties are we growing ??

mellowmick · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2006, 08:59 »

1st Early; Duke of York (24)

2nd Early; Record (6)

Main; Maris Piper (12)

All made an appearance so far.

Novice · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2006, 10:40 »

Mrs.Novice still says I got carried away with my'taters...
I got Pentland Javelin, Estima, King Edwards, and Desiree....
....and I'm pleased to say, it makes my plot look like a proper allotment now.

twhincup · « **Reply #17 on:** May 30, 2006, 11:10 »

I think, but dont quote me on this...........

Maris Piper
Pentland javelin
King Edwards

D*mn I wish I'd kept the labels. being a newbie i thought knowing wich was early and which was main would be enough

Ali · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2006, 17:27 »

I'm feeling rather smug! We ate our first potatoes on Saturday, just in time to show off to our bank holiday weekend guests! They were Suttons Foremost. Chosen by the lady in the allotment shop - we said we wanted something idiot proof and that's what we got. They were yummy, but I'm not sure about the yield. Is 6ish largish per plant reasonable? We have Picasso for maincrop.

Heather_S · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2006, 19:55 »

I read somewhere that for earlies, you only get a handful or so per plant unless someone here has had better results?

John · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2006, 20:47 »

Depends how long you leave them - I'd expect quite a few more than that.

I think we had over a kilo on many last year, but some were left to the point where they were quite big spuds.

comic_muse · « **Reply #21 on:** May 31, 2006, 22:52 »

We had our first 'proper' feed off the Red Duke of Yorks today for tea. They fed 4 & took three roots to find enough....having said that I'd acknowledge that I'm pushing it a bit lifting them for a few days yet, but I put a lot in so I can afford to lift early. What was noticeable is that compared to the couple of roots I lifted for Sunday dinner a week last Sunday ( which were seriously small !).....several tubers were almost too big.... & I had to stagger putting them in to cook them so they all 'did' at about the same time. Pretty impressive making up in around 11 days. Even then around 30% had hardly started to swell & if they'd had another 11 days there would have been a bumper lot.

comic_muse · « **Reply #22 on:** June 03, 2006, 15:28 »

Just had the first 'lift' of Pomfine today for lunch. Described as a Salad Potato, these really are exceptional ( I knew they would be with a name like Pomfine ). They are a classic French 'salad variety'....so suitable for boiling 'new' & eating hot, or as I prefer cold with salad & meat or cheese. Very firm & 'waxy', superb flavour, a mid oval, pure white flesh & skin, which cleaned up with a couple of bits of wet paper tissue in a sink of cold water. Good yield....still very early to lift but the seed tubers are small so you gets lots to 3kg. They will go on my absolute "must have" list for next year. Highly recommended....Tuckers for one do the 'seed'.

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