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I have just harvested the first container of Picasso and am really quite pleased.
At last something that all that rain was good for.
Colin.
At last something that all that rain was good for.
Colin.
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They look fantastic
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Is that a Dustbin sized container, Potty? They look scrumptiousOriginally posted by Potstubsdustbins View Post
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They look lovely. Picasso are meant to be now and floury aren't they? might try some next year"Live like a peasant, eat like a king..."
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70ltr dustbin VC. This is the first one so if things run true to form the next one's should be even better.
Sowit I can recommend Picasso, have been growing them for some years now, never had a bad crop and they taste good to.
ColinPotty by name Potty by nature.
By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.
Aesop 620BC-560BC
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Thanks Pots I'm starting to think of having a Potty garden - despite having oodles of ground! This year, everything that has been in the ground has been massacred or drowned while the plants that I put into pots as a last resort are thriving. There is a moral there somewhere - all I need to do is find lots of containers, fill them with soil and cover the ground with them! Shouldn't take long
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I think both methods have there pros and cons. This way suits me because I am basically idle but you do have to plan ahead otherewise you end up with empty containers.
ColinPotty by name Potty by nature.
By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.
Aesop 620BC-560BC
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Another vote for Picasso.
I get home from work - "What shall I have for tea? A baked spud would be nice."
So I wander out into the garden, stick my hand in the ground for a fist-sized spud, then straight to the oven. Lovely.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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Picasso for me again next year. Although lifted early due to blight they gave the best yield of any variety this year. I grow mine in 17l polypots.Comment
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Picasso last year. Made roast potatoes for three.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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That's not a potato - that's a planet!Comment
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Twas quite large. I roasted a chicken and one potato. Three of us ate well.Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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welldone pots,they look good,dug a few roots of red cara a few days ago,they are a waste of space,everyone has brown tunnels in them,to small for slugs,dread to think what the other varieties are like,sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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I put in Picasso this year, they were going great guns until the plants disappeared when the weather bacame constant rain. We thought the whole lot were gonners and went to dig over the bed for garlic this autumn.
Lo and behold we got about 10 kg of good potatoes! Nice flavour and stay together when cooked = happy!
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They look really good!
I'll have to look out for Picasso next year and grow them alongside the Charlotte spuds that I'll definitely be growing again.Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive
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