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    Tatties in June??

    Ok, just theorising here!

    We plant earlies in March and April fo ra crop in June/July
    We plant maincrop in April/May for a crop, depending on variety from September/October
    We plant early tatties in July for a crop at Christmas

    Why can't we plant tatties in June for a crop 'whenever they are ready' before christmas???

    If so, do we use earlies or maincrop??

    Any of you knowledeable grapes tried it and what was the result?
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    Im going to be putting some into compost bags so they can be put into a frost free place later in the year for new potatoes for christmas dinner this year, i can see no reason it wont work....

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    • #3
      I think "blight" cometh in August or September Snadger before any useable tubers are formed from a June planting.

      You could always try one of the "Sarpo" blight resistant varieties though as a trial.
      Last edited by pigletwillie; 19-06-2007, 11:03 PM.

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      • #4
        I understand your question Snadger and in a way you're right. You can plant potatoes in any month you like as long as you have 13 frost free weeks for earlies and 18 weeks for maincrop. But Piglet has told you about blight. Can't help there, we don't have it in Scotland. I'm still planting Charlotte now.

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        • #5
          A few points I was mulling over Snadger.

          Have you got seed spuds left? This year's won't sprout.
          Blight is a problem later in the year.
          So is space!
          There are maincrop varieties that have a waxy salad spud texture: Rattes and Pinkfir apple.
          I'm just longing for a baked spud or a roasty come autumn. And a new spud in May...Just the rhythm of things.
          There is no rule book
          I planted some left over Swifts in Mid- May last year and had a good crop from them.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Paulottie View Post
            A few points I was mulling over Snadger.

            Have you got seed spuds left? This year's won't sprout.
            Blight is a problem later in the year.
            So is space!
            There are maincrop varieties that have a waxy salad spud texture: Rattes and Pinkfir apple.
            I'm just longing for a baked spud or a roasty come autumn. And a new spud in May...Just the rhythm of things.
            There is no rule book
            I planted some left over Swifts in Mid- May last year and had a good crop from them.
            The deed is done! I've planted three rows of Pink Fir Apple that were my own well sprouted spuds from last year.
            Should be an interesting experiment as PFA are my favourites and are a late (make that super late!) maincrop spud!

            PS If I hadn't used them they were going on the compost heap anyway!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              I still have golden wonder and edzell blue to plant. I kept them back in the hope that I would get spuds either late this year or early next. I planted some spuds in october last year and they were growing well but had to take their chances outdoors when my plastic greenhouse blew down - I had no problems with blight - I suppose they were planted too late for that to be a problem but they did get frozen about 3 weeks before they would have been ready to harvest

              Hope you are lucky Snadger
              Happy Gardening,
              Shirley

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              • #8
                PinkFir Apple is fabulous. We were still digging them up in December, and I've just dug up my first from this year's sowings (Mar/April)
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                  PinkFir Apple is fabulous. We were still digging them up in December, and I've just dug up my first from this year's sowings (Mar/April)
                  I bet they look like newborn mice!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                  Diversify & prosper


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                    I bet they look like newborn mice!
                    Yeah, but with little bumps all over the place. Good job I don't usually peel potatoes - it would be a nightmare trying to peel PFA.

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                    • #11
                      the year before last thats what I did snadger as I had a trapped nerve in my back and it took me till June to be able to get the ground sorted LOL
                      ntg
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                      • #12
                        When I was at Agricultural College, we had a lecturer who specialised in potatoes - nicknamed Tattie Bill - and he said that the science boffins reckoned that the latest date for planting tatties up our way (college was in Aberdeen) was June 20th.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by sewer rat View Post
                          When I was at Agricultural College, we had a lecturer who specialised in potatoes - nicknamed Tattie Bill - and he said that the science boffins reckoned that the latest date for planting tatties up our way (college was in Aberdeen) was June 20th.
                          Spot on then.....no prob!
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            Same as Twosheds, I have dug up PFAs in December before too and they lasted remarkably well in the ground with less slug damage than other varieties. I am trying some called Anya. They are apparently similar to Rattes(a white fir apple style I often eat in France) but a second early and less knobbly. Dug a few tiddlers up and wasn't that impressed but I'll give em a fair go and report back.

                            The earlies Ive grown are called Juliette and they are the best i've tried- a salad type and heavy yield. I would recommend them to all for next year.

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