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...... and not a great success!!

According to the info that came with them (wife got them off a shopping
channel!) they were supposed to yield around 10lb, yet when we've weighed
them it's more like 2lb. We waited until it had flowered and the leaves
began changing colour, as instructed but the amount we've got is a major
disappointment.

We still have 2 tubs left and are wondering what to expect from them as they
are different varieties.

Any idea where we might have gone wrong?

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..... and not a great success!!

According to the info that came with them (wife got them off a shopping
channel!) they were supposed to yield around 10lb, yet when we've weighed
them it's more like 2lb. We waited until it had flowered and the leaves
began changing colour, as instructed but the amount we've got is a major
disappointment.

We still have 2 tubs left and are wondering what to expect from them as
they are different varieties.

Any idea where we might have gone wrong?

Believing the advertising?

Apart from that, a lot depends on the soil you used, the weather you've had
etc.

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..... and not a great success!!

According to the info that came with them (wife got them off a shopping
channel!) they were supposed to yield around 10lb, yet when we've weighed
them it's more like 2lb. We waited until it had flowered and the leaves
began changing colour, as instructed but the amount we've got is a major
disappointment.

We still have 2 tubs left and are wondering what to expect from them as
they are different varieties.

Any idea where we might have gone wrong?


Perhaps they died off prematurely through over / under watering / blight? In
other words kicked the bucket ;-)

David.


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...... and not a great success!!

According to the info that came with them (wife got them off a shopping
channel!) they were supposed to yield around 10lb, yet when we've weighed
them it's more like 2lb. We waited until it had flowered and the leaves
began changing colour, as instructed but the amount we've got is a major
disappointment.

We still have 2 tubs left and are wondering what to expect from them as they
are different varieties.

Any idea where we might have gone wrong?
You believed the advertisement
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Buying anything from QVC.

They are either well over priced, the quality isn't all it should be or
they are selling 'old stock'.

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On 28 Jun, 19:17, Alan wrote:
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Any idea where we might have gone wrong?


Buying anything from QVC.

They are either well over priced, the quality isn't all it should be or
they are selling 'old stock'.

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Some months ago I planted a couple of potatoes in a large container,
these were not over priced 'seed potoaoes' but ones that you buy in a
supermarket and had started to sprout.
This week I decided to have a look at them and found a good crop. I
did not weigh them but we had 3 good meals from them. I kept up to
watering and adding soil when they were growing
My question is,
1. Is there any advantage in purchasing 'seed spuds?'
2.Is it now too late to plant'supermarket spuds' to harvest later in
the year?
Petyer.

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On 28 Jun, 19:17, Alan wrote:
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Any idea where we might have gone wrong?


Buying anything from QVC.

They are either well over priced, the quality isn't all it should be or
they are selling 'old stock'.

--
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Some months ago I planted a couple of potatoes in a large container,
these were not over priced 'seed potoaoes' but ones that you buy in a
supermarket and had started to sprout.
This week I decided to have a look at them and found a good crop. I
did not weigh them but we had 3 good meals from them. I kept up to
watering and adding soil when they were growing
My question is,
1. Is there any advantage in purchasing 'seed spuds?'
2.Is it now too late to plant'supermarket spuds' to harvest later in
the year?
Petyer.

Seed spuds are less likely to be infected with various pests (e.g.
aphid-borne viruses) than culinary spuds, and in principle can be
expected to crop better.

OTOH, I've grown crops from both, and the best crop was from supermarket
'Nadine' potatoes, and some crops grown from seed spuds in an earlier
year more or less failed completely. (The latter got frosted in April,
and never recovered properly.)
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
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" Nel" wrote in message
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..... and not a great success!!

According to the info that came with them (wife got them off a shopping
channel!) they were supposed to yield around 10lb, yet when we've weighed
them it's more like 2lb. We waited until it had flowered and the leaves
began changing colour, as instructed but the amount we've got is a major
disappointment.

We still have 2 tubs left and are wondering what to expect from them as
they are different varieties.

Any idea where we might have gone wrong?


None whatsoever. But I'll tell you how I got on with mine. Seed pots from
Dobies in big green plastic buckets, four to a bucket, chitted, in Wickes
general purpose compost (cheap!), fed occasionally with tomato feed or
miracle grow. Standing in full sun.

First the Maris Peer, emptied too early as soon as they flowered, lots of
small pots but very tasty, not a great yield, maybe 3 lb.
Then the Charlotte. I didn't see them flower but the leaves were covered in
brown spot and wilting so I emptied them. 7lb of fine yellow pots, variable
in size. Excellent.
Red Duke of York still to come, but they have had the tops damaged by the
gales last week so perhaps they had better be harvested soon.

The buckets don't have proper drainage holes so I found it quite hard to
guess how much water to give them. Also you can't dig up one plant to see if
the row is ready - it's all or nothing when harvesting. Other than that I
count them a modest success and will do it again. Lovely to gow in compost
because they only need a rinse under the tap and they are clean.

tim w



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First Early Potato Rocket producing extra-early new potatoes with pure white, waxy flesh with a soft bite from first harvest digging. Praised for its earliness, ease of growing, tuber size, crop yields and uniform quality.
Harvest times depend on planting dates, weather and temperature at planting time, weather during the growing season, variety maturity and weather and temperature at harvest time.
However, in general terms: First Earlies are best harvested in small quantities and eaten straightaway when fresh in June and July.
Start you first early potatoes in the greenhouse or conservatory, this ensures warmer soil for quicker development. As foliage develops, regularly add more soil compost to 'earth up' your crops
As spring develops, especially if you need greenhouse space, pick up the Gro-Sack with its two strong carrying handles and relocate to a outdoor position.
While chitting is not entirely necessary, our own experience has shown that first earlies will benefit from chitting to produce the earliest crops.
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I had a 'furtle' and low and behold there they were!

I had planted two Swift tubers in a bucket on 7th Feb and kept it inside the greenhouse until a few weeks ago.

I got just over 1lb and a half, (Okay not a big harvest) and I admit that there were a couple that could have grown bigger but the majority are fine.

And yes I did take their photographs blush.
I darn't tell you how many more sacks, bags and buckets of spuds I have though Wink.[IMG]http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=9c72ba1581a2ab1df785d499f4f619 ab&action=dlattach;topic=36913.0;attach=2978;imag e[IMG]
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