potatoes final count

[kittykat8]

As Always to many potatoes, cannot resist 21 rows final rows planted yesterday.

what I have is

3 rows red king edwards jba direct

3 rows blue kestrel jba direct

3 rows bonnie jba direct

2 rows anya garden centre

2 rows lady crystal jba stores

2 rows harliquin jba direct

1 row kestrel jba stores

2 rows orla jba stores

3 rows pink fir short rows trago mills

plus epicure in upside down compost bin jba direct


in the polytunnel

nadine, pentlin early of some sort, anya from sainsburys, plus six potatoes bags.

Gone mad again I blame tattieman

what has everyone else planted, and how many

marion

[LittleShamrock]

Wow that sounds like a lot to me, although I haven't grown potatoes before to know how much yield you'll get off those!
I've only got 8 Rocket seed potatoes, certainly not a scratch on yours!

Wishing you some Happy Potato dust!

[Aberdeenplotter]

Too early for me to plant yet. 20th April is my target day, We are weeks behind you lot down south.

[sewer rat]

Too early for me to plant yet. 20th April is my target day, We are weeks behind you lot down south.

I'll plant my first earlies at the end of March, with everything else following about 3 - 4 weeks later. They reckon it takes "Spring" 6 weeks to travel from Cornwall and Devon to the northernmost point of God's Country so we a re probably about a month behind up here.

[solway cropper]

I have 26 assorted earlies in containers in the greenhouse and they are just poking their heads above the compost. About another 100 seeds for the plot, again assorted varieties.
I think this year I have:
Lady Christl
Pentland Javelin
Maris Bard
Nicola
Charlotte
Carlingford
Kestrel
Harlequin
Maris Piper

Can't wait for those first pickings with melted butter dripping over them.

[tattieman]

As Always to many potatoes, cannot resist 21 rows final rows planted yesterday.

what I have is

3 rows red king edwards jba direct

3 rows blue kestrel jba direct

3 rows bonnie jba direct

2 rows anya garden centre

2 rows lady crystal jba stores

2 rows harliquin jba direct

1 row kestrel jba stores

2 rows orla jba stores

3 rows pink fir short rows trago mills

plus epicure in upside down compost bin jba direct


in the polytunnel

nadine, pentlin early of some sort, anya from sainsburys, plus six potatoes bags.

Gone mad again I blame tattieman

what has everyone else planted, and how many

marion

I take the blame fully on the chin.

I have got 3 Swift and some Purple eyed seedling planted under fleece. The rest are on the window sill still. We had frost every night for the last 5 nights.

[kittykat8]

I forgive you tattieman, I have an addiction, cant wait for my Red King Edwards, they have been in for 3 to 4 weeks as I have to try and beat the blight, 3 years ago it came in may, but july is the normal. Maxicrop worked a treat. By the way the potatoes at the allotment stores sold a treat none left,

marion

[Florence Fennel]

I've a few more this year as I'm trying some in the ground for the very first time. This year's harvest will determine how many I grow next! Glad I haven't put them in yet though, it was -4 and very frosty this morning.

[FionaH]

Going to put mine in the ground middle of March if the frosts ever stop

[Rixy]

None , very late with everything this year and have only bought Kestrel and Charlotte seed potatoes so far. Won't be planting any in rows when I do get around to it, all my potatoes this year are going in pots and bags, am still in the process of re-organising/clearing and tidying the plot and don't have a spare that many beds prepared, at least with bags and pots I can scatter them around the plot in any spare little spaces I have.

[Dottie]

Too frosty here, even in the sunny south, so I'm going to wait. Have now decided to do them under plastic, as I have a lovely long new bed full of horse manure, leaf mulch and compost, that is covered with black plastic. The plastic (compost bags) was added a few weeks ago to prevent weeds seeding in the lovely new topping of compost I'd just spread out, but it really sapped my energy for the following 2 weeks. So realised filling buckets will also be too exhausting, so yesterday decided that my plastic sheeting is actually set-up for me to just slit holes in and pop some spuds in. The spuds apparently grow and lay on the surface, so as long as the slugs don't take hold (I need to lift sheets and sprinkle slug pellets first), then I should get a decent harvest, for very little effort.

8 Pentland Javeline
8 Rocket
8 Maris Peer
8 Charlotte

[timethatthetaleweretold]

It was potato-planting weather here today on the south coast.

Earlies:
about 12 Rocket (garden centre)
5 Charlotte (garden centre)

For mains:
5 Black Vitolette (over-priced off ebay, but pretty interesting-looking - known as "Truffle potatoes".)
12 Shetland Black (from waitrose)
8 Maris Piper (from Wilkinsons - cheap, but threatening to go soft)

Good to hear others are taking the risk. Although it will be really annoying if there are cold nights in about a month - Last year i was running around with sheets of newspaper in the dark... not recommended.

[Potstubsdustbins]

My Lady C will go in their dustbins this weekend. Then I can pop the lid on if we get a cold spell.

Colin