Fruit and Vegetables

Re: potato mix up?

Snail wrangler — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:47:06 GMT

yum! been eating lovely freshly dug Anya potatoes. Cheers for the advice.

wrangler

Re: potato mix up?

Snail wrangler — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:43:29 GMT

Miranda - thanks for that. I'm looking forward to having a rumage about to see whats there.

Re: potato mix up?

miranda — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:03:49 GMT

Something to consider, Richard, is that if first or second earlies are left in the ground and bulk up then they tend to go floury and fall apart when you cook them. If they do that, then you can steam them instead.

Re: potato mix up?

richardpeeej — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:12:48 GMT

Thanks Phot's-Moll there are no flowers on them (don't know whether there will be) so I think I'll wait until the leaves go yellow and tip them out then-Cheers

Re: potato mix up?

Phot's-Moll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:23:53 GMT

If you get flowers (most types flower, but not all) then you could try digging about for tubers as soon as these fade if you want small new potatoes. The longer you leave them (up until the leaves turn yellow) the heavier the crop.

Re: potato mix up?

richardpeeej — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:32:05 GMT

Good evening all, I am new to potato growing and wondered if you could help with this question. I planted up two tubs with 4 potatoes in each about 6 weeks ago that started to sprout. I don't know what the names were but I bought them from Asda -just ordinary ones that you buy in a bag. They seem to be coming on well and the leaves are now taller than the tubs. I have been adding compost (also Asda bought) as the plants have been growing and also adding plenty of water. I wondered how long I need to wait before they will be ready for eating, someone told me to wait until the leaves have turned yellow, but don't know when that will be (weeks, months?) Thanks in anticipation for any help. Richard

Re: potato mix up?

miranda — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:32:55 GMT

I planted Anya as well, Snail wrangler, and they haven't flowered but are ready to dig. Have a feel about under the plants - the Anya are pinkish, a bit knobbly and long rather than round. Not sure what Mayan Gold look like, but maybe you can find a picture online.

potato mix up?

Snail wrangler — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:10:15 GMT

Hello,

I planted two types of potatoes this year (both in containers and the ground), anya and mayan gold, but I stupidly didn't label them. I did the usual 'I'll remeber' thing but now I'm not sure. One lot have been flowering for a couple of weeks. The container grown ones were planted good friday (the ground ones a few weeks later) so I was thinking the anya might be ready soonish?

Any idea which one might be which?

Thanks

wrangler