"jane" wrote in message after me

~Unfortunately King Edward does not like our soil type and grows only
small
~tubers and lots of top. Stemster grows beautifully here but is a slug
dinner
~treat so that's no good. :-(

Yes, Alan Romans has Stemster at slug resistance 2, which is one off
the worst.

That was not the worst we have ever grown, Kondor was a total disaster, we
ended up with less weight than we planted and after all that work. Red Duke
of York and Edzell Blue weren't much better.


The main problem here is scab - growing in heavily alkaline soil over
chalk doesn't give us an option but to lump it. The HDRA gave a whole
load of things to do to avoid it, but Chris and I reckoned we might as
well forget the lot as no way can we prevent it short of growing them
in growbags!

Can't say I've ever seen any scab on Kestral we have grown, usually nice
clean skins.


Mind you, isn't it
~strange the way different people say different things about the same
~variety, one reference said Golden Wonder was good for slug resistance
and
~another says it's a slug attractant. I do hope not.

The one I've got says GW has slug resistance 5 (out of 6) and best
saved till after New Year for best flavour. Silly amount of dry matter
and so very floury. Not my preferred spud!


Well that's encouraging, we were beginning to have doubts about it's slug
resistance. We don't go for floury spuds usually but they are great for
roasting and chips (and Sue gets very cross if her roast spuds don't get
nice a crispy.)

--
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Bob

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"jane" wrote in message after me

~Unfortunately King Edward does not like our soil type and grows only
small
~tubers and lots of top. Stemster grows beautifully here but is a slug
dinner
~treat so that's no good. :-(

Yes, Alan Romans has Stemster at slug resistance 2, which is one off
the worst.

That was not the worst we have ever grown, Kondor was a total disaster, we
ended up with less weight than we planted and after all that work. Red Duke
of York and Edzell Blue weren't much better.


The main problem here is scab - growing in heavily alkaline soil over
chalk doesn't give us an option but to lump it. The HDRA gave a whole
load of things to do to avoid it, but Chris and I reckoned we might as
well forget the lot as no way can we prevent it short of growing them
in growbags!

Can't say I've ever seen any scab on Kestral we have grown, usually nice
clean skins.


Mind you, isn't it
~strange the way different people say different things about the same
~variety, one reference said Golden Wonder was good for slug resistance
and
~another says it's a slug attractant. I do hope not.

The one I've got says GW has slug resistance 5 (out of 6) and best
saved till after New Year for best flavour. Silly amount of dry matter
and so very floury. Not my preferred spud!


Well that's encouraging, we were beginning to have doubts about it's slug
resistance. We don't go for floury spuds usually but they are great for
roasting and chips (and Sue gets very cross if her roast spuds don't get
nice a crispy.)

--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars
(Completed units...I'm not going to say now!)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:41:32 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"jane" wrote in message after me

~Unfortunately King Edward does not like our soil type and grows only
small
~tubers and lots of top. Stemster grows beautifully here but is a slug
dinner
~treat so that's no good. :-(

Yes, Alan Romans has Stemster at slug resistance 2, which is one off
the worst.

That was not the worst we have ever grown, Kondor was a total disaster, we
ended up with less weight than we planted and after all that work. Red Duke
of York and Edzell Blue weren't much better.


The main problem here is scab - growing in heavily alkaline soil over
chalk doesn't give us an option but to lump it. The HDRA gave a whole
load of things to do to avoid it, but Chris and I reckoned we might as
well forget the lot as no way can we prevent it short of growing them
in growbags!

Can't say I've ever seen any scab on Kestral we have grown, usually nice
clean skins.


Mind you, isn't it
~strange the way different people say different things about the same
~variety, one reference said Golden Wonder was good for slug resistance
and
~another says it's a slug attractant. I do hope not.

The one I've got says GW has slug resistance 5 (out of 6) and best
saved till after New Year for best flavour. Silly amount of dry matter
and so very floury. Not my preferred spud!


Well that's encouraging, we were beginning to have doubts about it's slug
resistance. We don't go for floury spuds usually but they are great for
roasting and chips (and Sue gets very cross if her roast spuds don't get
nice a crispy.)

Bintjes are best for chips, they aren't at all flowery.

We are looking for a type of potato that bakes well and is flowery. Is
GW the best choice?
--
Martin

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:41:32 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"jane" wrote in message after me

~Unfortunately King Edward does not like our soil type and grows only
small
~tubers and lots of top. Stemster grows beautifully here but is a slug
dinner
~treat so that's no good. :-(

Yes, Alan Romans has Stemster at slug resistance 2, which is one off
the worst.

That was not the worst we have ever grown, Kondor was a total disaster, we
ended up with less weight than we planted and after all that work. Red Duke
of York and Edzell Blue weren't much better.


The main problem here is scab - growing in heavily alkaline soil over
chalk doesn't give us an option but to lump it. The HDRA gave a whole
load of things to do to avoid it, but Chris and I reckoned we might as
well forget the lot as no way can we prevent it short of growing them
in growbags!

Can't say I've ever seen any scab on Kestral we have grown, usually nice
clean skins.


Mind you, isn't it
~strange the way different people say different things about the same
~variety, one reference said Golden Wonder was good for slug resistance
and
~another says it's a slug attractant. I do hope not.

The one I've got says GW has slug resistance 5 (out of 6) and best
saved till after New Year for best flavour. Silly amount of dry matter
and so very floury. Not my preferred spud!


Well that's encouraging, we were beginning to have doubts about it's slug
resistance. We don't go for floury spuds usually but they are great for
roasting and chips (and Sue gets very cross if her roast spuds don't get
nice a crispy.)

Bintjes are best for chips, they aren't at all flowery.

We are looking for a type of potato that bakes well and is flowery. Is
GW the best choice?
--
Martin

"martin" wrote in message

Bintjes are best for chips, they aren't at all flowery.

We are looking for a type of potato that bakes well and is flowery. Is
GW the best choice?
--

I've just found this site and it has lots of advice and information on all
things about British grown spuds.
I've shown below the URL to download PDF files of the characteristics of
varieties available, and they are worth downloading. :-)

http://www.http://www.potato.org.uk/...ec=446&con=450

--
Regards
Bob

"martin" wrote in message

Bintjes are best for chips, they aren't at all flowery.

We are looking for a type of potato that bakes well and is flowery. Is
GW the best choice?
--

I've just found this site and it has lots of advice and information on all
things about British grown spuds.
I've shown below the URL to download PDF files of the characteristics of
varieties available, and they are worth downloading. :-)

http://www.http://www.potato.org.uk/...ec=446&con=450

--
Regards
Bob

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:54:27 -0000, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"martin" wrote in message

Bintjes are best for chips, they aren't at all flowery.

We are looking for a type of potato that bakes well and is flowery. Is
GW the best choice?
--

I've just found this site and it has lots of advice and information on all
things about British grown spuds.
I've shown below the URL to download PDF files of the characteristics of
varieties available, and they are worth downloading. :-)

http://www.http://www.potato.org.uk/...ec=446&con=450

or even ...
www.potato.org.uk/seedbook.asp?sec=446&con=450

--
Martin