Potato Crop

 

Anyone else noticed that their potato harvest is rubbish this year?  I don't
have many spuds and what I do have are small.

 



Well I wouldn't quite say rubbish, but on the disappointing side. Nearly all
ours finished and browned off several weeks ago, in the drought I couldn't
get enough water into them, despite some of the rows having perforated pipe
buried along with the seed potatoes. Marfona weren't too bad, but they're
the first earlies, so the drought hadn't really taken hold then. Even so,
the quantity was less than previous years. Next were Kestrel, and they were
smaller and fewer than expected. I'm about to start harvesting King Edwards,
so I don't know yet, but I'm not too hopeful. Only the Pink fir apple are
still going.

But maybe you had different conditions to us, we're just outside
Bournemouth, whereabouts are you?

Steve

 

"shazzbat" wrote ...

I'm in Bolton.  Like everyone, we had hot and dry weather in July, with
August cool and damp and not much sun.  My spuds are grown in the ground on
the allotment, and in plastic potato bags - International Kidney, Pink Fir
Apple, and Sante; all have been disappointing.  Like you, I'm leaving the
pink fir apple in the hope of a better late crop.

 



I've only dug up the Charlottes at the moment but had so many that
haven't got round to rest of crop:)
Not big but then that doesn't really matter. Had very little water as it
was so difficult to use watering can enough.

Mind you carrots were good as is/was parsnips but runner beans and
French beans rubbish ..
Janet

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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

 



Some of mine have been respecatble, others disappointing - those were the
ones in small containers of various kinds and probably too crowded.

The ones in the open garden are still going strong, so well that I haven't
tried to harvest them.

But I don't know when to harvest potatoes unless the foliage dies down!

Mary