spuds in

Hi all
new here
been growing spuds for 2 years in continers/bags.
Been ok not great results
but this year iv managed to get a row in my grandads garden
got 15 tubers in.
looking forward to the results
duke of york earlies
kestrel seconds
maris piper main

 

Hello and welcome
Nothing better than digging up a few spuds, and whacking 'em straight in the pot

 

Hi Dave

Ive got ,Vivaldi,nadine and desiree planted,nowt better than a fresh potato

 

Heyup and welcome.
My first early are Home Guard, all in containers and lots of leaf, I have a few second early Maris Peer in containers that I keep covering as they break through but the majority are in the ground, as with JWK they are not showing yet.
Good luck on your Grandad's plot.

 

Hello and welcome
Planted Winstons on the 3 April and they are just coming through now

 

Thanks all lets hope I get more from the ground..
and hope for a good year all round
thanks for the warm welcome

 

got Petland Javelins in as earlys - no show yet and a few marfonas in a spare bit (they were 4 spuds left in a bag that had gone soft so I shoved them in =- there up and doing really well

 

Welcome to GC Davers,you're going to enjoy those spuds

My Charlottes and International Kidneys are just making an appearance

 

I had a couple of sacks of marfona last year great potato

 

Good luck ... I put in some Kestrels too last week, although they aren't showing yet.

This is my first year with an allotment, after a 4 1/2 year wait, so I am keen to do well. I was surprised at the number of potato varieties that are available.

I opted for kestrel, which seem popular, as well as Romano (which I had grown before, in old recycle bins in the back garden)

 

Aha Taters...I planted a few odds/sods 3years ago put them in, just here and there Oh what a big mistake, I still have taters coming up all over the place in my very small garden its the little uns you miss when harvesting thats the problem they look promising tho in amongst the raspberries ! I did plant some in a big tub filled with compost and the yield was a suprise all very tasty, Don't know what variety as they were pick and mix at the garden shop. Nothing tastes like taters straight out of the garden, Bit like runner beans,which are coming along nicely I plant them in individual fibre pots no root disturbance then put them in a large plastic storage box put the lid on at night, It is Unwins " Moonlight" this year self pollinating so the blurb says we'll see. Don't be in to much of a hurry to harvest them, I know its a temptation but a few weeks makes all the difference to the yield with taters.

 

Hi Rosietutu, I do a similar thing with my French Beans only I use old loo/kitchen rolls cut to size. When the plants are large enough the whole lot gets planted, I don't think that I have ever lost a plant using this method. No good for spuds obviously

 

Yeah my kestrels grew well last year and I love the colour of them purple and white

 

Some kestrel from last year