potato yield

[kevnsue]

Hi,just dug 6 pentland javelin firsts and got 6lb of spuds is this a good yield ?.
The back row look too big to me to be called new potatoe's but they taste great.

[deezyb]

looks good to me kevnsue! i've got Epicures in a bag, only got 5 potatoes the other night...but hoping I get more when i empty the bag! yours look fab

[Flummery]

I'm growing Pentlans jav for the first time this year. I like waxy new potatoes you can make a good spud salad with so I won't bother growing these again. I find they go from hard to mush in seconds!

[burnie]

I planted,Anya,Harlequin,Moulin Rouge and Pink Fir Apples,2 of which are in flower(lost the labels so don't know which is which)Anya are 2nd earlies,so one of them should be those,which I hope to start harvesting next weekend..yum yum

[maytreefrannie]

They look good to me - well done.

[Alice]

Hi KevnSue, where were you growing the potatoes. Were they growing in the ground. If you got 6lbs of potatoes from 6 plants in the ground I don't think that is a specially good yield (sorry). I expect to get 3 - 4 lbs from a bucket with a bit of effort. Somebody else will be along - tattieman ?

[Paulottie]

I reckon about 6+ decent spuds a plant and your doing ok with earlies. probably about a lb to 1 1/2 lb. You can leave them longer but you will have larger potatoes...not so delicious as you rightly pointed out.

.....as so often in life you need to choose between quality and quantity.

[Two_Sheds]

I dug some Charlottes/Estima last night and got a kilo per plant (I think that's 2lb in old money). They were planted 22nd March (ish).
So that's 3 months bang on.

[marialittlebzz]

Just a question : how long since you planted them ? and especially the Charlotte Two Sheds, how long for you ??

Coz mine are showing signs of early blight and I can't feel any potato yet, so I was wondering if I would get anything at all if I get them out now.... there are in since the 1st of April (chitted)

[Paulottie]

About thirteen weeks for Charlottes should be good so your about there. Dig a couple up and see. If they look ill they might not have such a good yield though.

[gojiberry]

Dug one root of charlotte yesterday and got five and a quarter pound of potatoes from the one root. Have some rocket and only been getting 5/6 potatoes per root. Will be sticking to the charlottes next year (say that every year and end up putting others in).

Ian

[Rabidbun]

Got around 6 per plant here so far (Red Duke of York in pots with three seed tatties per pot). Got a Charlotte to dig up shortly also, so will edit if memory works! Had them in, chitted, since the middle of March.