Lifted our first spuds at the weekend. Went for the 'Isabelia' (aka Pembrokeshire early from the dregs of a shop-bought bag) as these have the shortest growing time of our lot.
Enough for 4-5 individual portions from one plant so not a bad haul for 76 days since planting (blurb online says 80-90 days to harvest).
Nice texture - firm but not too firm. Very thin skin.
Flavour-wise, opinions are divided here. OH raved 'ooo, lovely'. I thought they were nice but the flavour was very mild to me.
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One of my bags were a mere skeleton, not a leaf left. Decided to tip it out. Don't think we will be full after that haul
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Almost 9 weeks since planting under straw…and some of my Charlotte are in flower.
Second earlies…supposed to be about 15 weeks before they are ready to harvest.
Hmmmm…
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Wow - that's really early for Desiree isn't it? I've heard them classed as an 'early' maincrop but there's early & then there's 1st early early
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Astonishingly my Desiree potatoes at the allotment are already flowering.
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We finally got all our spuds in last Thursday.
Well - I thought we had, then, when I was vacuuming today, I spotted one under the sofa which Hibou had clearly pinched and played with
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I got some donated spuds from the couple who have the plot next door.
They were well beyond there plant by date and came from a grocer who never got them sold in time before they sprouted.
The light starved shoots were almost a foot long and now have little bunches of leaves on them. They must be ready for earthing up.Last edited by Plot70; 20-05-2024, 02:47 PM.
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Spotted our first spud leaves showing on FridayThey're literally just starting to stick their heads about an inch at most above ground but I was unreasonably excited
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It's definitely been ridiculously wet here too - so not an excuse at all but a very sensible decision
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I’ve still got all the main crop Desiree,some charlottes & a couple of sharpes express to plant out
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Good to know we're ahead of someone Nicos lol
That said, we learnt the hard way that it's much better to plant a few weeks later than the date the books tell you is the 'right' time & actually get a crop than it is to plant in the wrong conditions.
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