They were slow to start but wow what a crop and flavour. Anybody else tried
these?
I will be growing these as our "main" first earlies next year instead of
Arran Pilot, which are very nice indeed. But I find they scab up a bit and
are quite small even when well watered. Probably overwatered?

Baz

"Baz" wrote

They were slow to start but wow what a crop and flavour. Anybody else tried
these?
I will be growing these as our "main" first earlies next year instead of
Arran Pilot, which are very nice indeed. But I find they scab up a bit and
are quite small even when well watered. Probably overwatered?


Rocket has done well for us as has Sherine despite it being as dry as a
bone.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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Baz wrote:
They were slow to start but wow what a crop and flavour. Anybody else tried
these?
I will be growing these as our "main" first earlies next year instead of
Arran Pilot, which are very nice indeed. But I find they scab up a bit and
are quite small even when well watered. Probably overwatered?

I think we tried Maris Bard one year and they were ok, but not amazing.
Iirc, we got a fairly low yield. I'll have to go back and check the blog!

On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:37:27 GMT, Baz wrote:

They were slow to start but wow what a crop and flavour. Anybody else tried
these?
I will be growing these as our "main" first earlies next year instead of
Arran Pilot, which are very nice indeed. But I find they scab up a bit and
are quite small even when well watered. Probably overwatered?

Baz
Those planted in bins in the greenhouse (February-ish) worked well.

Those planted in the ground outside worked OK (Yield variable) but the
hulmes succumbed to Black Leg despite being planted in 'free draining
soil' - or to put it another way, as dry as dust. Infected seed I
suspect. Lots of damage from the local parasites but quite tasty -
once the manky bits were removed. Probably 5 plants still to lift.
Will replace them with Tomato plants. I have too many of them, Also
too many sweet peppers.

Regards
Jon in West London

On 04/07/2013 18:25, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:37:27 GMT, wrote:

They were slow to start but wow what a crop and flavour. Anybody else tried
these?
I will be growing these as our "main" first earlies next year instead of
Arran Pilot, which are very nice indeed. But I find they scab up a bit and
are quite small even when well watered. Probably overwatered?

Baz
Those planted in bins in the greenhouse (February-ish) worked well.

Those planted in the ground outside worked OK (Yield variable) but the
hulmes succumbed to Black Leg despite being planted in 'free draining
soil' - or to put it another way, as dry as dust. Infected seed I
suspect. Lots of damage from the local parasites but quite tasty -
once the manky bits were removed. Probably 5 plants still to lift.
Will replace them with Tomato plants. I have too many of them, Also
too many sweet peppers.

Regards
Jon in West London




Is it really a good idea to replace potato plants with tomato plants?
It's usually avoided due to the threat of blight.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay