Potato Apache

[veggiechicken]

Stop me going shopping please. I keep buying odd items, not to eat but to grow!
Bought a 500g bag of Apache potatoes for £1.00 - half price - in Sainsbugs. There were 19 potatoes. They're £4.99 from T&M
Potato 'Apache' - Second Early - Thompson & Morgan
They're very odd but strangely attractive potatoes and I wondered whether anyone here had grown them before. I'll eat some and chit some and see what happens.

[SarrissUK]

Funny, I've just done exactly the same with Charlotte potatoes in asda! I have no intention of eating them, but they're going in the ground this weekend (I need to stop preparing for this bloody interview on Monday, or I will go mad!!). I know it's perhaps not the best to go spud shopping like that, with possible diseases and all, but comparing some of the seed spuds, how can ya not?
It'll be fine VC, just chuck'em in!

[veggiechicken]

I was going to chuck 'em in anyway, Sarriss, along with the Anya I bought the other day from some supermarket or other! I like buying something to eat that you can grow as well.

[cazp]

Hello
I bought Apache's from sainsbury's half price too, ate most (they were lovely), and left 3 to grow. They have been chitting for about two weeks and the shoots are only about a cm long so far though - I don't know if that's normal or whether the potatoes have been treated to stop them being used as seeds?

[veggiechicken]

I'm going to wash mine well just in case they've been inhibited in some way. Pleased to hear they're good to eat! Thanks.

[Florence Fennel]

I found a couple of nondescript reds in the back of my cupboard last year that had shrivelled and sprouted. Bunged them in and hey presto, just enough for a boiling.

[kittykat8]

I have bought these earlier in the year they chitted really well and I planted in the tunnel, they were really nice, so nice I have planted 3 1/2 rows at my main allotment which is about 32 potatoes and and another 20 yesterday at my other allotment.


Sainsbury are also selling golden wonder I have planted 7 of these.


marion

[Paulieb]

Can anyone above confirm or deny, from this years experiences of growing supermarket tubers, whether you found there to be any increased disease compared to 'proper' seed potatoes.

Just thinking about planning my potatoes for next year, and the delivery for most companies makes them very expensive.

Generally, I will probably buy approved seed potatoes (from JBA or a local GC), but (from your experiences) if supermarket spuds were fine, then if I see some I fancy then I may grab some when the time is right.

[lottie dolly]

I put a selection of potatoes in,some from genuine seeds,some self saved,and lots of rooster from the supermarket,son only uses supermarket sell offs,and always has good crops,but this year has been really bad for spudzz across the board,what better way of trying before you grow,some of my first and second earlies were a waste of time and money,

[veggiechicken]

Hello
I bought Apache's from sainsbury's half price too, ate most (they were lovely), and left 3 to grow. They have been chitting for about two weeks and the shoots are only about a cm long so far though - I don't know if that's normal or whether the potatoes have been treated to stop them being used as seeds?

My Apache didn't chit at all! They were not planted - I'll eat them all next time

[Two_Sheds]

I bought some Apache in Tesco with the intention of planting them, but they weren't all that special (to my palate), so we ate them all in a soup.

Charlottes though: they're lovely, and will get planted in March

[binley100]

I was given a few apache earlier in the year to try . I had 'em on the windowsill for weeks , finally planted them in mid August . They are growing away nicely and have been transferred into the gh so hopefully we'll have some Yuletide tatties .

[yummersetter]

I think it's Apache that we grew a couple of years back and it took us a while to work out that you have to bake them in their skins - they disintegrate in water. Delicious though, when you get the cooking right.

[Potstubsdustbins]

SWMBO bought some Corolle from the co-op this year. I found them very nice so swiped three and grew them as a main crop in a 40 ltr trug. Result a very reasonable crop of nice spuds.

Colin