Chosing potatoes to plant
 

I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty easy.
What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might try one
of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?
Thanks
Liz

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

Staycalm wrote:
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty easy.
What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might try one
of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?
Spring.
That gives you plenty of time to google for baking potatoes.

Thanks
Liz

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

Staycalm wrote:
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty easy.
What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might try one
of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?
Thanks
Liz


OK Here they are. I love potatoes too Thanks for reminding me to look
for this stuff.
Best types of baking potatoes. The best sites I could find
Bon Appatit!

http://www.ams.usda.gov/howtobuy/potato.htm
http://www.culinarymuse.com/weblog/2...rfect_bak.html
http://home.ivillage.com/cooking/tec...,,gz7h,00.html

http://bigspud.com/

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

"Staycalm" wrote in message
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty
easy. What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might
try one of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?

Plant your spuds next Spring when all danger of frosts is over.

Don't plant Kipfler if you want to bake them - they are disgusting baked.

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

"Staycalm" writes:
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty easy.
What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might try one
of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?

I'll be a bit contrary here. When you grow your own spuds they end up
being so soft and tender that they'd fall apart when roasted. But maybe
you intend sitting them whole directly on the oven rack and baking them
in their jackets until cooked through? If so, that would be perfect.
I daresay that any variety will do. Whatever you can get your hands on,
they'll all turn out just fine. Home grown spuds have a zesty flavour
altogether different from the bland taste of store bought ones you're
accustomed to.

Home grown spuds are best dug as soon as they reach usable size, before
disease can take hold (after all, we all water them too much don't we
and this just invites rot). By harvesting them young, the tubers are
very tasty and tender and they start to fall apart when boiled making
them ideal for mashing.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

"John Savage" wrote in message
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"Staycalm" writes:
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty
easy.
What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might try one
of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?

most of the cooked potato stands that you see round the place, serving
up such decencies, all use Red Pontiac's for the purpose

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

"Staycalm" wrote in message
u...
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty
easy. What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might
try one of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?
Thanks
Liz


As others have said, Sring.

For good baking spuds look for Russet Burbank or Denali. For other varieties
take a peek at :-

http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/nrenin...F000BBF75?open

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Chosing potatoes to plant
 

I reckon Kipflers are a waste of space - you get about half a kilo from each
plant if you are lucky, but any tiny little one left will sprout again,
right in the middle of the next crop you grow on that spot.

Geoff
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"Staycalm" wrote in message
I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty
easy. What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might
try one of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?

Plant your spuds next Spring when all danger of frosts is over.

Don't plant Kipfler if you want to bake them - they are disgusting baked.

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

You must mean what you say. You posted it twice (grin!)


Geoff & Heather wrote:
I reckon Kipflers are a waste of space - you get about half a kilo from each
plant if you are lucky, but any tiny little one left will sprout again,
right in the middle of the next crop you grow on that spot.

Geoff
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"Staycalm" wrote in message

I've been thinking of trying to grow potatoes. I hear they are pretty
easy. What type of potato is good for baking? I've been thinking I might
try one of the small gourmet types. Any recommendations?

I'm in Melbourne. When is planting time?

Plant your spuds next Spring when all danger of frosts is over.

Don't plant Kipfler if you want to bake them - they are disgusting baked.

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
I reckon Kipflers are a waste of space - you get about half a kilo from
each plant if you are lucky, but any tiny little one left will sprout
again, right in the middle of the next crop you grow on that spot.

Geoff

My Kiplflers gave a decent crop when I last grew them and any spuds left in
will do exactly the same sprouting thing so that isn't a big reason not to
grow them. Have you tried growing them more than once? I find that
sometimes some things won't do well in one year but better in another.

Kipflers are superb salad spuds IIRC, but they are simply foul baked.

Chosing potatoes to plant
 

Yeah, kipflers are nice spuds and you are correct - don't bake them !!
I've been digging kipflers up for 3 years now. But I reckon a much better
alternative are Nicola - same very dense texture and yellow flesh.
Excellent boiled - you'd almost think they had butter already on them. They
are nice smooth shape spuds about the size of eggs, but at my place are
yielding over a kilo per plant.

Cheers,
Geoff

"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"Geoff & Heather" wrote in message
I reckon Kipflers are a waste of space - you get about half a kilo from
each plant if you are lucky, but any tiny little one left will sprout
again, right in the middle of the next crop you grow on that spot.

Geoff

My Kiplflers gave a decent crop when I last grew them and any spuds left
in will do exactly the same sprouting thing so that isn't a big reason not
to grow them. Have you tried growing them more than once? I find that
sometimes some things won't do well in one year but better in another.

Kipflers are superb salad spuds IIRC, but they are simply foul baked.