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Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Monday, 17th January 2011
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Just looking before they get sent to the back bedroom, spot the P.F.A.'s . Cheers, Tony
What kind of chicken laid those eggs?
I was just remembering the other day that when I was a kid I would stick tooth picks in potatoes, put them in a dark cool room hanging in jars of water until they sprouted.. Dad would later help me plant them. It's a nice memory.
One of my few memories of Dad was watching him meticulously cutting up seed potatoes to get as many seed 'sections' from each as he could then dusting with flowers of sulpher or lime. Cheers, Tony.
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Posted by margaretstar (U14415248) on Wednesday, 19th January 2011
What kind of yields do you get on these seed potatoes Klefti - say on the second earlies and mains?
I'm just asking because the seed potatoes I get in are very, very small.
But I get a lot! So my seed potato of ± 28 grams or one ounce yields just over a kilo of pots, say 2.5lbs.
So from 2.5 kilo seed potatoes. I'll get around 100 kg or up to 120 kg in a good year. I don't think this is too bad really, but Bob Flowerdew says "the bigger the seed potato the better". I can understand the logic in that, but I'm wondering if "many a muckle makes a mickle" also works?
So what do you reckon you get "weight for weight" ?
This is not a "competitive" question BTW, I'm just really curious about this!
my seed spuds will fit in one tray and are still in the dark, I was going to wait a few more weeks before chitting, being in the NW and a lazy gardener don't relish the thought of bringing them under shelter when ever theres fret of frost.
Q - Can some seed spuds be saved to plant in August/September for Christmas potatoes. After last years failed efforts I said never again but have since thought about planting them earlier from spring seed spuds this time to see if they would grow bigger than marbles
Zoomer - Hope you understand that those seed potatoes with sprout quicker in the dark than they would in daylight.
In answer to your question about Christmas spuds. Probably by Aug/Sept they would have deteriorated too much to be of much use.
Some seed companies sell them specifically for the purpose.
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Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Thursday, 20th January 2011
Sorry margaretstar, but I plants em, I earths 'em up, I digs 'em up, and I/we eats 'em.
I've never really checked how much return I get. Sooooorry. Cheers, Tony.
Hi David, hadn't realised they would sprout quicker, have just taken them out. Thanks for that. Looks like I'm now chitting my spuds too
I struggled to get seed spuds for a Christmas harvest last year so went halves with my brother because we couldn't get them in small quantities. They were purchased off the internet, we had postage and packing to pay, worked out expensive considering the harvest didn't happen. Guess there will be no Chirstmas home grown spuds in the zoomer household this year.
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