What weight of potatoes to get expect one potato plant.

[esbo]

I want to know if my 630 grammes was god bad or very bad.


Any helpful answers appreciated!

[PAULW]

Whats that in real money

[vikkib]

Whats that in real money

About two groats...

Seriously though 630g is about 1lb and 6oz.

No idea how that rates yield wise as I never weigh them or pay much attention. When harvesting spuds I get a bit carried away. I always want to see how many the next plant has and thus my kitchen is full of spuds I need to use in a hurry!

Damn my need for instant gratification!

[Snadger]

I just dig mine on the day I need them. Depends on variety but I usually aim for a couple of kilo per shye!

[bearded bloke]

From a single seed spud in a morereasons bucket I currently average 1lb 3oz from the first earlies,Rocket having a slightly higher yield than Home Guard.

[vikkib]

From a single seed spud in a morereasons bucket I currently average 1lb 3oz from the first earlies,Rocket having a slightly higher yield than Home Guard.

I've grown Rocket for the first time this year and have to say they are lovely!

[Paulieb]

From a morrisons bucket I'd expect about 600g from one seed potato, for 1sts and 2nd.

However, for maincrop which grow for longer I'd be wanting a bit more. Also if they're grown in the ground I'd expect an even bigger yield, but I'm doing a bit of an experiment so we'll see what happens!

[FunkyFlowerpot]

I'm the same as you vikkib, I have loads of spuds too!
I planted Cara, Harmony, Sante & 2 others I can't remember the name of!
All have so far given me medium sized gems of delicious favour, roughly 5 -7 off each plant.
As long as they taste great & there's enough for the family + a few more. I'm more that happy :0)

[PAULW]

It all depends on the weather, the growing conditions, how fertile your soil is, one year I was digging 5 lb of first early's per root another year I was lucky to get 4 spuds on a root, that's part the fun of gardening you never can tell what you are going to get.

[Barking Postlethwaite]

This season I took 9036g from 17 1st early Swift = 531g per plant

Last season:
1st early Rocket - 16117g / 28 plants = 575g per plant
Maincrop Maris Piper - 16247g / 33 plants = 492g per plant
Pink Fir salad - 16557g / 33 plants = 501g per plant

Last year everything went in very late and Maris Piper in particular was a disaster for me: went down with blight very early and was devastated by slugs.

[esbo]

So it sounds like I am doing OK

But I am not familiar with this first earlies business I find it very baffling but everyone seems to understand it 100% dunno why. To me they are just spuds I planted, KIng Edwards in this case.
I planted them around 1st April.

I have more of them in, should I leave them in to get more spuds or dig them up?

[esbo]

I would add that some areas of hte garden seem to do better and these are from the area that did well last year so the others may be more disappointing.

Most of the foliage has been flattened and wont stand back up.

I cook one and it tasted delicious

[Barking Postlethwaite]

But I am not familiar with this first earlies business I find it very baffling but everyone seems to understand it 100% dunno why. To me they are just spuds I planted, KIng Edwards in this case.
I planted them around 1st April.

T&M has a spud page with a very basic description of first earlies, second earlies & maincrop

Perfect Potatoes Selector - Online Potato Guide | Thompson & Morgan

King Edwards are a maincrop variety, so they have a way to go yet before they reach optimim yield.

Which isn't to say you can't start having some earlier than that, but they won't be as big or numerous as they would be if you waited. You could have a furtle round to see what has developed and then cover them over again if they are too feeble; potatoes don't mind a bit of poking about like that. I'd leave them a while longer unless you're desperate, though.

[Potstubsdustbins]

King Teds you would usually be looking at 20 to 22 weeks for best yield.

Potty

[esbo]

T&M has a spud page with a very basic description of first earlies, second earlies & maincrop

Perfect Potatoes Selector - Online Potato Guide | Thompson & Morgan

King Edwards are a maincrop variety, so they have a way to go yet before they reach optimim yield.

Which isn't to say you can't start having some earlier than that, but they won't be as big or numerous as they would be if you waited. You could have a furtle round to see what has developed and then cover them over again if they are too feeble; potatoes don't mind a bit of poking about like that. I'd leave them a while longer unless you're desperate, though.

Thanks well, the thing is I wanted a bit of space for a few tomato plants, but I have more than enough of them already so the potatoes will stay for a while.
Some of the potatoes were small and look like they could grow more.
They are in the shade of a fence and so have grown sideways and and now pretty much growing horizontal after the rain flattened them.

Some of them are Maris Piper as well.

Thanks for that info about the potatoes I spend ages trying to google the info none of it was really very helpful your link pretty much explains everything.

So all my potatoes are main crop, I got them from Sainsbury and the poundshop and there was no mention of earlies that I can recall.