Potato harvest results

[diggernotdreamer]

I have today lifted my spuds, first opportunity I have had what with haymaking, peeing down weather, visitors etc etc

In three 3m x 1m beds

Arran Victory 1.5kg seed yield 11.1kg size pleasing

Cosmos 1.5kg seed yield 8.7kg size very good including a fair few bakers

Nicola 3kg seed yield at lifting 7.6kg but been tickling them for 6 weeks

Sante 1.5kg seed yield 11.4kg not too bad but no bakers which I would normally expect from them

Lady Balfour 1.5kg seed yield 8.5kg size pleasing

All planted out by second week of February, no dig method, cut off haulms 3rd August as getting a little bit blighty.

I don't know if that is a good yield or not, don't normally bother weighing them, but I am not unhappy with what we have, more than enough for two people to get through.

[Green Aura]

I've no idea if that good either but it sounds OK. And I'm sure Nicola is very pleased at being tickled!

[prison break fan]

We have had blight on our allotments affecting everyones 1st and 2nd earlies and main crop. I have managed to steer clear with my main crop as I grew Sarpo Mira which is supposedly totally blight resistant. however I am not going to lift any until I am certain I am all alone down there as everyone tells me you don't get much of a crop from them. I shall tell everyone they were magnificent! pbf.

[happyhippy]

Well we grew main crop,and we dug ours up last week(the whole patch)and I reckon we've got 25kg!No blight either,which was a nice bonus.

[diggernotdreamer]

We have had blight on our allotments affecting everyones 1st and 2nd earlies and main crop. I have managed to steer clear with my main crop as I grew Sarpo Mira which is supposedly totally blight resistant. however I am not going to lift any until I am certain I am all alone down there as everyone tells me you don't get much of a crop from them. I shall tell everyone they were magnificent! pbf.

A few years ago I grew Mira and Axona, on my allotment that had sandy soil, we had had a dry summer. The crop was absolutely huge, lovely big spuds, a bumper crop, but I couldn't cook them at all, no matter what I did to them. You will have to let me know how they cook for you, as they were indeed completely blight free and all around me had blight on them.