Anyone grown Foremost Potatoes?

As above...i fancy giving these a go this year ,has anyone else grown them and how do you rate them?

TIA...

 

Hiya Loli

I grew them many years ago. As I recall, they were nice, but nothing special. I think though that growing conditions and soil type can have quite an effect on flavour. In the main, Arran Pilot always gives me good results, regarding flavour

 

My recollection too. We grew them, must be 5 years ago now, and have not grown them since.

Husbandry, soil, and personal preference counts for lots when growing spuds, so my advice would be to buy seed potatoes loose and grow, say, 5-each of any variety you think you might like, and then carefully label them and have a tasting session when they are ready for harvesting. Grow the ones that do well, and you like, for ever after

For me it is Rocket (not that enamoured with it, but it is very very Early, I grow just one bag of them for super-early), Arran Pilot for all our early-bags and first early outside, Charlotte (a couple of bags, and our second-early crop outside) and Pink Fir Apple (which we only grow outside, but start harvesting quite early, and we also find that they store well too)

 

Nice potato.......but inclined to scab.

 

Planted them years ago, but not impressed enough to grow ever again.

 

No.

 

oh for goodness sake Ziggy
GET TO THE POINT

 

There is probably something wrong with me, but I think a spud is a spud.
You get earlies and maincrop etc.
But unless its Pink Fir Apple I cant see the point in growing them.

Home grown always taste the same as shop bought as far as I'm concerned.

 

Heresy!!

 

Thanks for your opinions chaps..... i usually grow Charlottes and Red Duke of York and last year tried Arran Pilots...thought i'd have a change so i think i'll grow a few different varieties this year....lets see if my old dad can mix up the labels up eh.....

 

No I just think you convince yourselves they taste better because you grew them, especially when it comes to maincrop.
As to earlies, well I cant see the point in them, if you dig too early they taste watery and yuccy, if you dig too late, the ones in the shop are likely to be better.

 

An unbeliever, persecute, kill the heretic.........

 

Narr, just go buy some decent ones in the shop.
These days you can buy by variety anyway, its only the obscure ones you cant get and most are obscure for a reason, ie. they aint worth growing.

 

Sorry Pete, can't agree with that. It's the highlight of my growing season, digging up those globes of lusciousness and whopping them in the pan, served up with a bit of butter, yummy. I can honestly say that I've never tasted anything from the supermarket that compares. You're dead right though about maincrop