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Escargo[_2_] · 23-08-2010, 03:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

harry wrote in news:771c32b7-7145-44bd-bfcf-
:

On 20 Aug, 09:44, Vegegrower
wrote:
Can anyone suggest a good variety please.

I've tried first early Rockets but they didn't yield well and were quite
"crumbly" after boiling.

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Vegegrower

Forget it I would say. Potatoes are cheap enough anyway.
Concentrate on expensive veg.

You are IMO very wrong.
New potatoes grown in the garden, and dug nice and early and boiled are a
feast on their own.

The OP mentioned that the crop was crumbly(lack of water) and did not yield
well.
Ours were a bit disappointing this year too!

I have read threads in this group with different gardeners saying which veg
were a success and which were not and they vary so radically, and it leads
me to beleive that it is the different soil conditions which causes very
varied results.

Would it be very interesting to get a survey in this group stating
ph/geography/yield
And in the case of ph how you alter yours. Why? When.

I have read the above again and again and you must not think that I am
attacking anyone here.

If our family continues to have an interest in our veg garden we need to
know these things or we waste our time.

Sandra and Micky