potatoes

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Permalink Reply by hort williams on January 12, 2011 at 19:36

what varietys is every one growing this year

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 12, 2011 at 19:44

I'm growing Winston (White) and Kestrel (Coloured)

I may also try Nadine and NVS Sherine for white and maybe Bluebell for coloured

I will be growing in peat in polypots bags, stood in a shallow trench which has been sprinkled with fertilizer and slug pellets

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 12, 2011 at 19:54

Try this link

 

http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/medwyn-williams-vegetable-grow-show-62.html

Permalink Reply by Simon baldwin on January 12, 2011 at 22:32

Not sure if i have any suitable ones for showing.... i might try my Edgecote purple.... then again i might pop up to the Ryton organic shop at the weekend and see what they have got.

I just posted this question in the "chitting" thread on the forum.... but does anyone rub the chits of their seeds to just leave about the top 4 or 5? My grandad always told me it gave you stronger plants.... but i don't really know if it works....i do always get really good strong chits though.

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 12, 2011 at 22:41

Just remember the first thing the judge looks for is condition, so even if you are not using a top make, if the shape and skin quality is good without blemish, then you will stand a chance

To get this, grow it in the right mix, not in the ground

 

Permalink Reply by ray and den ingram on January 13, 2011 at 0:05

we are growing kestrel nadine harmony blue belle bonnie and sherine, dont like winston at all, know its meant to be the top white but we never get on with it and it tastes awful. we are trying medwyns ready mixed potato compost this year. we usually mix our own with peat and added fertiliser but decided to give this a go this year, also using slightly bigger polypots, they should hold about 20 litres instead of 17.

did well with potatos last year so hope we can do so again.

Permalink Reply by Simon baldwin on January 13, 2011 at 9:27

I am thinking of growing them in some bags or planters or something.  How do you work out when to plant them? Should i plant them at the same time as the rest of my spuds in the garden?

I was looking at Medwyn's potato compost yesterday, i think i may get a mixed pallet of compost from him including some of that.

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 13, 2011 at 13:43

Yes Winston do taste bloody awful, too waxey also

 

As for planting the spuds, yes, plant normal time, April

When they are ready, they can be stored and then cleaned the day prior to the show from your selected sets

Permalink Reply by hort williams on January 13, 2011 at 21:00

winston is difficult to get good for shows but it is a good spud when it is grown well winston dose make great baking potatoes no good as a first early

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 13, 2011 at 21:05

Winston is always the winner of the White potato in all the main NVS shows

Always takes the National

Not many people try much else with the White variety

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 19, 2011 at 21:40

Quality show potatoes advertised in the Garden news

Winston is a must for the Whites and Kestrel for the coloureds but Blue Bell is a good second if you like colour, will look impressive on any local show bench

Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on January 24, 2011 at 14:01

Chitting

 This is actually old Scottish terminology & it means setting up potatoes in a position of good light in frost free conditions as soon as you buy them & get them home in order to promote the growth of short stubby shoots. If you want earlier potatoes you force them by bringing the seed potatoes into a warm situation 50f or 10c. This will force the seed potatoes into growth. You only do this to obtain an early crop. As I said in my article the factor which is most important when you plant out is the temperature of the soil. If it is below 46f the seed will do nothing until conditions warm up.

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