Recommended tatties for 2007?

[Snadger]

Come on then, lets have your recommended potatoe variety for 2007!

You've all done your amateur trials this year, so whats been good and whats been bad?

I would like to grow two good maincrop and an early for next year and am looking for inspiration!

[Lesley Jay]

I always grow Arran Pilot which is an early. The taste is good and you get decent sized spuds.

[Nicos]

We always grow Charlotte, as they can be picked tiny for salads or left to grow big for chips! ( They are also v expensive to buy in the shops!!!)
They have done just as well in peat as in heavy clay.

[Alice]

I think its got to be Charlotte. The flavour was superb. Red Rooster gave a heavy crop, and as a roasting potato I don't think it can be beaten, but I don't rate it as a boiled potato. It's horses for courses and what you like and want.

[Elmo]

Red Duke did well for me and so did golden wonder.

[Bex]

So let me get this straight, earlies won't store but main will?

How many of each type do you plant?

This is my first year and I like both new/salad pot and main pots. Just trying to get to grips.

[Snadger]

So let me get this straight, earlies won't store but main will?

How many of each type do you plant?

This is my first year and I like both new/salad pot and main pots. Just trying to get to grips.

Its the first time i've ever grown earlies this year and I thought I would get til christmas storing them but this has proved not to be!

Next year I am going to plant three 10ft rows of earlies(variety to be determined) and harvest as required, standard 3Kg bag of seed tatties? and the rest will be maincrop(probably 2 or 3 varieties)

[Bex]

Thanks Snadger, thats a great help, I read your earlier thread about earlies not storing which I didn't know either.

I was also planning on a couple varieties of earlies and the same for maincrop haven't a clue on varieties but charlotte seems quite popular on here. Might give them a go.

[nick the grief]

Hi Bex,

I grew 2 earlies & 2 second earlies (3 rows in total I think - have to look at the records)

Earlies
Rocket & Winston

2nd Earlies
Nadine & Charlotte

Then for maincrop I grew Piccasso & Maxine

The Winston didn't perform as well in the ground as it did in tubs last year so I think I'm going to revert to either Arran Pilot or Suttons Foremost & Rocket which always does well on my lottie.

The Nadine & Charlotte are superb & I'll grow them again, But the Maincrop are the sticking point at the moment. I love the taste of Charlotte but the slugs murdered them so I've got to find one to go with Piccasso.

[ugly gourd]

I grew 25kg accent which I grw every year as they are a really nice waxy new potatoe then main crop this year I changed from cara to 25kg picasso they were great then had the wet weather now lifting and full of slugs

[burnie]

I only grow a few tatties, one Angus seems to be centre of the tattie growing universe so I get them from local suppliers and two there are only 2 of us at home now.I can recommend pink fur apple as a lovely new tasting waxy spud.A rather odd shape but we have had good quantity and quality which I shall grow again next year,note they don't roast very well though.

[User Removed]

The new potato called super success is the best potato ever
Ohh wait though Snadger you can't get that variety can you !!

[Lesley Jay]

So when can we buy Super Success seed potatoes Adam?

[User Removed]

2007-8 catalgues maybe but they may never come out. Depends if I decide to pass them or not

You see I am really important

[Lesley Jay]

Get widening those doors Adam!!