[pawsnclaws]

how many seed pots would you recomoend for a family of 4 we eat spudys 5 times a week  also amout of other stuff to grow how do i decide lol

[DD.]

We get though about 12 x 32' rows. (3 of us).

Just depends on your appetite!

[lucywil]

we too are a family of four and i plant 1 lot (3kg bag) of firsts, 1 of seconds, and 3 of main crop plus a row of pink fir apples.

we have used all of last years except the pink fir apples, which i have about a sack left. we have potatoes abot 5 times a week too, sometimes 6. i am toying with the idea of getting some more first or second earlies though

[Lardman]

To be on the safe side Id say 1 plant = 1 meal. 1 Plant = 1 seed pot.

Does that sound about right to the other less gluttonous growers?

[bigben]

I found Lardman's estimate to be about right. One seed spud would do one meal for me (a glutton!) the missus (not a glutton) and 3 girls 5,7,9 who eat what small girls normally manage.

[diggerjoe]

I do eat loads - cant' beat a big bowl of mash in my view -  but I reckon one plant per meal sounds right. I always allow an extra row of mains to compensate for slug damage and holey spuds.

[crh75]

I think I had about 10x 3m rows with about 8 seed potatoes in each.  There is just the two of us and we have spuds about 4 times a week.  We still have a couple of weeks worth left.  We did loose a lot to slugs last year though. Also I don't think many varieties will keep much longer!
To answer your question more directly, you are probably looking at 125+. But that is a fair amount of room!

Incidently, I have found charlotte to be the longest keeping potatoes I have grown - they are still good now.  What varieties would other people recommend for long term storage?

[pawsnclaws]

thans all thats great advice what about other veg or is that just a case of guessing lol

[mumofstig]

You have to work out what you normally use, and that how much you plant, assuming you have enough room to grow it all.

For example.....do you eat 1 cabbage a week? If you do then you need to plan to plant , over the year..enough spring summer and winter cabbages to supply 52 in total. Only you know how much of each vegetable you want to eat

[diggerjoe]

Crh75 - I still have Druid in store ( good tasty variety) and some Markies. Growing both again this year.

[chriscross1966]

Pink Fir Apples store really well, but you've got to like the taste or the hassle of them will drive you nuts ... Personally I love them, eier as a salad or as a jacket roastie, or as a jacket chip.... also good part roasterd then finished off with yorkshire batter poured over like a toad in the hole.....

chrisc