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Old 26-06-2011, 11:40 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Early Potatoes

"Baz" wrote.

"Bob Hobden" wrote
Our problem now is do we try Florette and Cherie next season or stick
with Inova and Printaline.


Bob, you will only know with experiments every year.
If you are satisfied with Inova and Printaline this year, then grow them
as
your main earlies.
You can always experiment with others by buying a few and see how you like
them. Trial and error.

I know you don't like my choice but we have to keep on trying. We will
maybe never get it absolutely perfect but by trying a few every year we
might get near the perfect new spud. Or will we?

I think if we can get all four varieties we will grow them all but only a
few of each. We don't eat a lot of potatoes so one row of earlies does us
(and the neighbours still get half!).
For those that have mentioned Second Earlies we only grow Kestral because
it's a damn good potato, keeps quite well and is slug resistant and that is
important for us.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK