Best early potato variety for 'tubs'?

[trousers]

just in from work and have found that wellie has been out and bought roseval, ladycritleand swift, which are now chitting nicely in egg boxs

[seasprout]

phew.....

Don't worry Trousers, just add loads of mint Winston is another good one for tubs I got 7lb of tatties from two pots !!

Thank god for that, I received 3kg of seed ones the other day and i only have tubs

[shirlthegirl43]

I got Winston (remembered they were ones I tried last year), lots of Duke of York and - due to comments on this thread - Lady Christl. Can't wait - have the butter ready!

[dogsbody]

Bit late getting to this one but here goes:

My tubs are 31in ones from Instore (30 of em last year but now the turfs down will have to cut back this year)

First year tried Rocket - which didn't - v.poor yield

So second year switched to Home Guard as 1st earlies and they were fantastic and really tasty too.

Always done well with Charlotte (2nd earlies) and King Edward (main crop) my tip would be not to put too many seed pots in the tub (3 - 4 max).

Pink Fir Apple did OK too.

With the 30 tubs and one raised bed 4.5m x 1,5m we are still eating today and expect to do so for some time to come (providing the mice don't chew through all the sacks in the shed) - sacks were free from local seed merchant.

This year's chitting merrily on window sill (until new kittens work out how to get up there).

[Kimbo]

Goodness, it's already time for the perennial 'what is the best variety' of potato for tubs/pots/buckets?

Well how was last years crop everyone? Looking for a tasty early variety please.....

I got a bit carried away in homebase today and bought charlottes and pentland javelin (which did exceptionally well in polypots last year) and pink fir apple - Has anyone done pink fir apple in tubs/buckets. I am growing in buckets (from B&Q) this year and I am not sure how many to put in each

Also growing pentland javelin in buckets - anyone any idea how many to put in each?

[srodders]

Just got back from Jersey with some Jersey Royal seed - never grown 'tatoes before. What type of compost is best to use - I don't have any home made yet as recently moved house. Peat based general purpose, John innes No. 3 etc what do others use?

Thanks.