[Poolcue]

Rocket for earlies good yield
Picasso maincrop good yield but some were a bit scabby
1st year in allotment so v pleased even though there was blight on the site

[snowdrops]

Highly delighted with the Picasso, really heavy crop of good size spuds, most of them bakers.

For the second year running to to circumstances I didn't get around to planting until May (12th), it's not worth the panic everyone seems to be in to get them in, then start worrying about frosts!

Maybe it's a spud that likes our county DD as I too grew picasso & was very pleased with the results. From a 3kg bag of seed I got 7st 6 lbs back which I thought was great plus no slug damage, I haven't watered them once & a decent if not big tuber for the most. I will certainly grow again.
Also rocket as 1st early which were very good & prolific. yet to harvest pink fir apple & lady Balfour

[Ralphy]

I planted Maris Peer in mid April, and got one or two huge tubers per plant, plus loads of pinhead sized baby tubers, not really what i was expecting, but i put that down to the weather being a bit bi-polar. Great flavour and cooking qualitys though, and no slug damage!

  Also in a fit of optimism i planted Charlotte at the start of August for winter spuds, but i'm certain that I'm just playing into the hands of canny marketing, you never know though...

[NN2Blue]

I planted Maris Peer in mid April, and got one or two huge tubers per plant, plus loads of pinhead sized baby tubers, not really what i was expecting, but i put that down to the weather being a bit bi-polar. Great flavour and cooking qualitys though, and no slug damage!

  Also in a fit of optimism i planted Charlotte at the start of August for winter spuds, but i'm certain that I'm just playing into the hands of canny marketing, you never know though...

Hmmm! Me too; in bags on the patio. So far so good! 

[rw3272]

-Lady Christl: Clean, early, reasonable yield and tasty

-Red Duke of York: Again clean.  Early but also made good size when left in. Not really any good for boiling but fantastic for really fluffy early-season roasties. Will def grow next year.

-Kestrel: Clean, high yields, lots of bakers will grow again

-Anya: Clean, decent yield, fantastic taste/texture will grow again.

-Cara: Dissapointed. Riddled with slugs and wire-worm damage. Had to throw nearly a whole sackful and the remainder too damaged to store so have mashed and frozen.  I think they may have been unlucky with the recent weather but not sure that I will try them again as the kestrel gave me plenty of bakers.

-Mayan Gold: A little slug damage, fantastic chips/roasties/wedges will grow again

(Can you see a pattern emerging re our favourite way to eat potatoes!)
 
Rachael

[DD.]

Just dug up the Sarpo Mira. What a crop!

One plant had 25 good sized spuds on it. OK, not the greatest tasting in the world, but with their blight resistance & Kevlar anti-slug skin, it has to be worth popping one ore two in.

[DD.]

In a word - no.

You must wait until there is no risk of frost getting to them once they come through. Depending on your location, (having it in your profile would help), this generally means late March to April at the earliest.

[arugula]

Just dug up the Sarpo Mira. .....

OK, not the greatest tasting in the world,......

What is your favoured method of cooking these?

[DD.]

Baked, with whatever filling you like, or herby mash.

The skins are really crunchy when baked!!

[arugula]

Sounds good. Make them taste of something else if they don't have much flavour of their own.

[DD.]

My thoughts exactly!

They have to be the heaviest cropper of all the spuds I grew this year.

[BabbyAnn]

They have to be the heaviest cropper of all the spuds I grew this year.

The Sarpo Mira are indeed the heaviest crop I've EVER grown, never mind in comparison to others this year (which were pretty poor due to the dry weather)  Not just loads of potatoes, but I can't get over the size of some of them, one potato was easily 12 inch + long.

Other varieties I've grown this year were:

Arran Pilot - poor yield (dry when they went in, barely rained all season, dry when they died back)  Normally one of my fave first earlies.
Juliette - usually a very prolific cropper, tried their best this year to keep up but yields were down but still usuable so still pleased with them
Estima - quite a nice little all rounder potato, again below average yield but will definitely grow again next year!

And of course:

Sarpo Mira - bought these as a back up just in case of blight but for once were totally blight free here.  Incredible/amazing yield, I can't get over it and can only think they are like courgettes in a drought ... they soak up the water after one just rainfall and balloon out overnight    Shame about the taste or rather, lack of, but they do make nice creamy mash when LOTS of seasoning and proper butter are added.

[rozalia]

Arran Pilot - good crop, lovely potato for boiling

King Edward - heavy crop , bit of slug damage. Not brilliant for boiling so steaming them instead. Excellent for roasts, wedges and chips.

Happy with my potatoes this year despite the very dry start (based in Lancs so it got wet May onwards).

[rowlandwells]

we set two main varieties and a salad variety this season  colleen  Desiree and pink fir apple all have cropped very well although red potatoes seem to like my ground

i haven't harvested all the main crop yet but as yet a good size spuds for winter use much better than last year i have to admit using granular fertilizer when i set the crop that i never used last year

i did get slight slug damage on a particular part of the Lottie as i have two Lottie's on  the second Lottie there was no slug damage both biol and bake well

[kenny199]

My challottes have been superb this season.I am still digging them,I am getting a few bakers now ,but NO SLUG damage this late in the season,Lots of plotholders on our site have suffered with slug damage on spuds this year so I will stick with Charlottes for next year as I love their flavour .