Request for a third potato recommendation

[AllotmentMummy]

Hey Guys - I am just organising my potato crop for this year. I'm pretty keen on Kestrel given the great write up they get, and I love Anya potatoes so am definitely going to grow some of those. I'd like to grow a third type - what would you recommend? I'm a bit lost as to whether the Kestrel and Anya are earlies, second earlies or maincrop - can anyone confirm please? Depending on what they are I feel I ought to pick a third variety based on trying to get more coverage across the year. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

[Chestnut]

I can’t advise from personal experience, but maybe this link will help? (Other seed companies are available).

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/potato-selector-guide

Some folk also like to include a blight resistant variety as a bit of an insurance policy.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I wouldn't count Anya in the early, second early, late types. To me they are a salad spud. As an early, I grow Red Duke of York, Second early I grow Kestrel. Really good all rounder. For maincrop/late, this last year I grew Cara. Stupendous crop with many big enough for baking. A word of caution though, Cara are usually slug magnets so be prepared to use nematodes to control that.

[Thelma Sanders]

Anya is a salad potato, but they are 2nd early maturity according to the Potato Database
Varieties
Kestrel is also a 2nd early
Varieties

Lady Christl is a good 1st early if you fancy one of those
Varieties

and I love Desiree or Cara potatoes for mains
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[Nicos]

Charlotte.
Absolutely brill for salads and later make slightly waxy chips. Don't break up in stews either.

[MyWifesBrassicas]

I love pink fir apple potatoes, the taste is perfect. Unusual long knobbly tubers which are very interesting.
they've not got the best yield (at least with me) and apparently susceptable to blight, but found them to be ok. For me, if you've got a small corner spare and you fancy growing something a little different, give them a go

[bikermike]

I grow sharpes express as my earlies
charlotte as my second early
pink fir as maincrop

what kind of soil are you on and what are your priorities (yield/type of spud/disease resistance etc).

[Penellype]

Lady Christl is a superb potato, good for early salad potatoes but also nice if left to grow bigger, when it makes good mash, chips and roasts. Highly recommended, if you can get it. Others I like are Nicola (similar qualities to Lady C), Charlotte which is more waxy in texture, and Desiree which makes lovely mash and keeps better than the others as it is a maincrop.

[spamvindaloo]

I'd have to agree with Lady Christl for a first early as it is really nice and reliable.

The other spud I always grow is Vivaldi which is technically a second early but I think of it more as an early maincrop.

Rudolph also makes a lovely mash.

[Billy's lad]

I grew Kestrel last year very sucessfully considering I dont know what I am doing , despite this I had a good main crop ans they were very tasty
They are on my list for this year again

[Doncasterpaul]

Maris piper for a good tastey easy to grow spud. I think they are second early but I use them as a main. If you fancy a very early try home guard. I normally have a good crop. However due to the very wet spring last year they where very poor

[burnie]

Rooster is one of the main ones grown round here on the tattie farms, I had a fair crop in my garden last year as a main crop.

[Mark_Riga]

I find the main problem with potatoes is blight which can decimate a crop and leave you next to nothing for your hard work. I'm not keen on the Sarpo varieties at all in the kitchen but Carolus is a new blight resistant variety that I have been growing for 2 years now and is brilliant. really tasty as roast and oven chips, is similar to Cara but less attacked by slugs. It is susceptible to scab if the ground is too alkali. My crop this year was quite badly affected but they are still keeping well and cooking great - but need peeling.
It is main crop potato.

[Mr Bones]

Growing Kestrel.. good slug resistance, great for roasties and chips, good for mash, second early so usually beats the blight.
Charlotte.. qualities as others have already said plus good slug resistance and they keep fairly well in our very dry garage.
Sarpo Kifli.. blight resistant, good slug resistance, lovely waxy new potato flavour (which lasts during storage), keeps extremely well, good for boiled, roasties and oven chips but turn into polyfiller if mashed.

[Snoop Puss]

If you like Anya, you might like Dunluce as a first early. I really like it. Can be left to grow bigger and picked as a second early. Supposedly doesn't disintegrate on boiling, but I can't confirm that as I either steam over boiling water or in a pressure cooker.

The maincrop I really like is Picasso. Great looking plants and big crop of tasty tatties too. Good disease resistance apparently. Cara is one of the parent potatoes. Stores well too.

Looks like you've got the second earlies covered, but like Nicos, I love Charlottes. Quite similar to Anya, apparently.

Good luck, whatever you choose.