Which Potato Variety do you Like?

Here's an example of one plant of our Maris Bard

 

Is there going to be a round up of everybody's opinions? Arran pilot looks to have the lead to me.

 

Hi all.

I'm a cheapskate, so have been trying chitted supermarket spuds for the last few years.
I rotate the plots each year, and fingers crossed, have had no nasty diseases so far.

Charlottes always seem to do well, with medium - high yields, Anyas- worth it because you can cram lots of them in a small space, and you need to - yields are not very high. I probably won't bother next year though, I'll stick with charlottes, and try jerusalem artichokes for a knobbly root veg thing

King Eds gave fantastic yields back in 07....

This year, Exquisa (great taste) and to a lesser extent Sofia look very vigorous, but have not yet dug them up. Sofia taste good, but are very "watery" after boiling.

Out of 8 Scottish Blue chitted pots (ex-waitrose on the reduced shelf !) , only 4 did OK. Perhaps it's the soil (basically quite chalky), or something else, but they started well in pots in the G/H to start them off, then got a wee bit sickly when planted out in april/may- ish. They are great for freaking people out with though, as they stay light blue throughout after cooking.....
The taste is nothing special, and their texture is slightly floury.
Have not dug them up yet.....

Have also got a couple of Maris peer in the ground, which didn't do so well, but they were started in pots in the G/H, and got neglected for a week before being planted out looking rather thirsty......

If I had to pick 2, I'd go for Charlottes for salad spuds, and King Ed for general purpose.

Haven't tried Arran pilot yet - will do so next year as they sound good......

cheers all,

Dave

 

Hi folks. I'm a bit surprised that no-one has mentioned Foremost. I seem to remember they were favourites with a lot of people. I tried them too, but thought they were fairly average.

Kristen, if you ever consider growing a maincrop, can't go far wrong with Desiree :thumb:
Cheers...freddy.

 

"can't go far wrong with Desiree"

Hahaha ... which only goes to show that its horses-for-courses as my DW and I hate them! Sorry about that ...

 

:D

 

Do your plants look strong? Mine are definitely less "gutsy" than the Arran Pilot.

 

Bizarre isn't it. My P.F.A. look like a forest!

 

Yeah, last year I grew PFA, and had what I thought was a very heavy crop, around 6 or 7lbs per plant.

 

Hello! Im growing International Kidney in bags at the moment. Never grown them before. One thing I have noticed is that the stems all grow up from around the egde of the bags? All my other salad, earlies etc in other bags have grown up through the middle of the bags.

I will let you know what they are like when its harvest time!

 

:rotfl:Me..... I like the ones that come out of a chip pan....:rotfl: