[ruffmesiter_69]

Hey guys was wondering what size of your ealry potatoes you have had this year with all the weird weather we've had.

One specimin was 750 grams for a new potatoe, we haven't even seen a main crop that size this year, how has yours been, bigger smaller, stranger or didnt even grow spuds, i would like to know.

News from the plot this week also includes, harvesting runner beans, raspberries, and salds. With good growth seen on the sqaushes, sweetcorn and the leeks.

Regards
Lottieblogs

[Ice]

My new spuds are huge, the best ever.  Broad beans are nearly over but the runners are almost ready.  Perp spinach looking and tasting good too as is the salad patch.

[splodger]

my first earlies; duke of york; were normal size - but in early out early.

my seconds; kestrel; were monsters - and alot off them (i shall def' be using these again next year)

charlottes were larger than normal as were the foremost - but not oversized.

my maincrop ; mafona; are biguns anyway - but i've taken them up early as there was blight on my site (although not on my plot)

[Eddie Spud]

MY SPUDS ARE ENORMOUS (Oo-er missus) But with a name like mine what would you expect!  
Seriously though I grew 'Charlottes' this year (first year ever) and I have had 7.45 kilos (16 1/2 lbs). This was from a small bag of seed potatoes that cost £4.00 in money. At the moment they are £1.00 per 500gms at the supermarket. By my reckoning we have had £10.90 worth of spuds free of charge from my garden. NOT BAD AY!  :o
Must get an allotment next year.  

[shaun]

my spuds are the biggest ever i can just get one in the wheel barrow  

[David.]

Chicken manure works wonders for producing giant potatoes.

I got desirees to 1 Kg each last year.

[shaun]

i havnt dug any desiree yet david but i dug some winston(meant to be an early)last night and they are huge not many to a plant,about 5-6 per plant but they are big so at least the rain is doing a bit of good.

[brucesgirl]

I planted 3 charlottes in a tub and got 4.25 pounds from them, some of them were really big, but when we cooked them they fell to bits after 10 minutes, so will steam the rest.
We were really pleased as these were the first potatoes we've ever grown

[ziggywigs]

I've now started digging mine in any number.....Lady Christyl's not quite ready yet another month BUT my vanessa's which i'm growing for the first time this year are deeeelicious...not as tasty as LC but still worth the wait.

Managed to get 8 good sized new tatties off the first shaw of Vanessa's - rinsed under the tap and popped in the steamer....hmmmm.  

[GafferGamgee]

My Arran Pilots varied in size from tennis ball to marble size...I only wanted little 'uns too!

Oh well....about to start on the 2nd's this weekend..

[wildeone]

Must get an allotment next year.  

Get your name down quick! Our waiting list here in colchester is about 4 years long!

[GrannieAnnie]

Well out of the 314 earlies I happily dug up because they were looking a bit sad, and thought they might have a touch of blight.  I stored them in HUGE pots layered with clean dry shavings to keep them dry dark and separate from each other, only 66 were okay after under a week.  All the others had blight.

Tomorrow, it'll be 10 days since I chopped the tops off my Desiree, so it will be interesting to see what they are like.  I'll be devastated if I lose them all, it was bad enough losing the earlies, after all the hard work of digging the trenches and planting them, then taking 5 hours digging them out of the mud!!!    Oh Hum, such is life!  But size wise, if they'd been okay, they were quie decent sized for earlies!!!

I also had 3 tomato plants outside which looked blotchy too, so dug them up, but took the bad bits off my tumbling toms as I didnt want to lose all of them, and some of my indoor toms aren't looking too good eitehr, so I've been round them all chopping off the bottom leaves that were going yellow and brown, just in case!

[Sadgit]

my Charlotte are a fair size and brilliant.. The rocket at the plot.. 2 row x7m ruined all of them. I am gutted

[crowndale]

My friends lost all thier spuds due to the flooding and sitting in water for around a week.  I was lucky, only under water a copld of days though it's still really wet.  I am going to start digging up some desiree spuds this week, they are looking a bit sad now (dying back) so I hope are ready to dig.  my earlies (rocket) were new potatoe size, not monsters.

[pepper]

I dug up a row of earlies yesterday because the slugs had eaten all the foliage. They ranged from tennis ball size to marbles. Must say though they tasted delicious - My first potatoes- I'm so proud. :!: