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Old 13-01-2012, 12:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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CT wrote:
The 'right' ones are the ones you like best. :-D


Ain't that the truth!

Last year was the first time I'd tried growing potatoes (new house with
a small place for vegetable growing) and I'd just watched a TV
programme about heritage varieties so bought a couple of different ones.

The potatoes grew really well and we had a decent crop. But we ended
up giving them away as they were both very floury and we (generally)
prefer waxy ones.

I'll try again this year but make sure I choose the varieties that I
know we'll eat.


Heh, we're on a huge trial-and-error thing. It's been ongoing for the past
8 years. Every year we forget which is which, especially when we eat them.

I'm also not a floury-spud fan.

One year we had some nice ones, Rosa-something (it'll come to me in a
minute), but haven't been able to find them since. They made /really/ good
roasts.