Anya Potatoes in my larder

I have just discovered some Anya potatoes I bought in Sainsburys a while ago growing at the back of my larder. Should I plant them in pots or am I likely to get some dreadful disease in my soil and spend the rest of my life regreting the day I ever did it.

Dave

 

You'll be joining the party if you do Dave. I had some from Morrison's which chitted. So I planted them. I hate waste. :D

 

i did the same last yr with some from asda

they were ok for a bit but then they died off and went black :( and the spuds where the size for maltesers i did plant them in may though !

worth ago

 

I had success last year with ex-sainsbury Anyas.
Am trying again this year, but in patio containers.

I took the chitted spuds, and put them in large 6-9" pots until proper healthy leaves formed in the G/H, and then just bunged them in the ground. I've found that cats and birds have wrecked verty young shoots and plants before when put straight in the ground, so i wait until the leaves are strong and healthy.

Probably a wee bit unconventional (?) but works for me.

cheers,
Dave

 

Sarraceniac
Same as me I hate waste, I have put them in the garage for now hope that they will grow the shoots a bit more then in they go.

Cattwoman25
When I first read your post I thought it said "the size of mattress's" I did wonder where I was going to store them and what in!!

Synthhead
I sent you an email, the Chillies are up and away. This looks a good idea for the potatoes if the weather stays cold. I will see what the weather does over the next few days as I guess they should be planted very soon now, but the shoots are very short probably only a 1/4 of an inch I may put them in the allotment I share with a friend. I have put my name on the list for an allotment from the local council but I am No 26 on the list I reckon I should be working my own allotment at the grand age of 72 based on 1 allotment being given back to the council each year.

Enjoy the weather ( I see no hard frost's forecast for the next few days)(if the BBC have got it right)
Dave

 

Synthead, I know the post was last year but wondered how the Anya's went? I am thinking of trying them in bags/sacks but wasn't too sure how many to plant per sack? Using old potato/hessian sacks and/or old compost bags
Jackie

 

If I remember correctly Anya's are a Desiree X'd with another type of spud ,so should be a good cropper .

 

Desiree and Pink Fir Apple maybe ?

 

Thanks Freddy , think that's it .

 

Hi Murdo (Jackie)
I had good success last year in the allotment shame I don't have any room this year for any more. I do have some Lady Christal in Marshalls sacks I only planted 2 in each sack ( well it looks like that is what is growing) and I think that was too few 3 would have probably been better. I seem to remember some on this site have planted up to 5 but I feel that may be too many. A lot of people are experimenting on the number in each sack so it will be interesting to see what transpires.

Good luck with it all I would suggest somewhere between 2 and 5

Dave