[brokenglass]

Thid year I lost almost half of my Pentland Javelin First Earlies which wrotted in the ground.     When I investigated as to why they hadn't appeared above ground the seed pots were almost liquid.   Has anyone else had this problem this year or at any time?

Second question; as I had lost so many pots and there were the inevitable volunteers from last year I thought that I would transplant the volunteers into rows with the thought that I had nothing to lose anyway.

Has anyone ever transplanted pots and if yes what success rate did you have

[flitwickone]

ALL TEN ROWS OF PENTLAND CAME UP FINE I CHIITED FROM Christmas DAY TILL PLANTING ON APRIL 5TH AND THEY ARE ALL DOING WELL FINGERS CROSSED DID YOUR GET WATER LOGGED

oppps sorry caps was on 

[brokenglass]

Not waterlogged as half the pots are OK some either side of wrotted pot!

Any idea about transplanting volunteers?

[sunshineband]

It is not really recommended that volunteers are left to grow as there is a chance that the will transmit any 'stored diseases' to the rest of your new crop

From time to time one has escaped notice and has given us a few spuds, and Dad had a kind of permaculture outside his backdoor for years.

I guess it is possible to transplant them... just be aware of the disease risks and make up your own mind about whether you want to risk it

[brokenglass]

Thanks Sunshineband for those sage words and of course there is alway the chance of virus or disease of some kind being transmitted over the green bridge but I thought it may be worth trying.      I will let people know how (un)succesful this wee experiment turns out.      It is always galling when you do everything right when dealing with Pots and struggle only to find a volunteer happily growing away without the slightest assistance from anyone!

[sunshineband]

I know what you mean 

[JayG]

Me too! 

I dug up yet another volunteer Pentland Javelin yesterday - the "mother" tuber was almost baking spud size and in remarkably good condition so in the interests of science I thought I'd try having it for dinner.

It was disgusting!!  Watery, a very peculiar, almost translucent colour, and extremely unpleasant taste (luckily I'd also cooked the last of my oh-so-expensive Jersey Royals as well which were delicious!)