I have gathered my courage together and tipped out 2 of the smaller pots of spuds. As the leaves were dying and they hadn’t flowered I expected a soggy smelly mess. What a great surprise! Lovely new potatoes! These were from the supermarket ones that had sprouted in the pantry so I don’t know the variety. The rest of the pots and bins are powering on, and the ones in the 60lt bins are in flower. :):)
lovely! not all varieties will flower. well done!
orchid40 said:
I have gathered my courage together and tipped out 2 of the smaller pots of spuds. As the leaves were dying and they hadn’t flowered I expected a soggy smelly mess. What a great surprise! Lovely new potatoes! These were from the supermarket ones that had sprouted in the pantry so I don’t know the variety. The rest of the pots and bins are powering on, and the ones in the 60lt bins are in flower. :):)
Oohhhhh how lovely is that lot:D
I’m going to check mine tomorrow, while I harvest the garlic:D
woohoo indeed.
they look like colibans – s/mart spuds.
but they will taste great well done.
Thanks folks, yes they taste great. Home grown new ones have a special flavour don’t they :)
where’s my share LOL
I must stop viewing this particular thread, my sighs have just about cleaned all the dust out of my keyboard…
Dinetta said:
I must stop viewing this particular thread, my sighs have just about cleaned all the dust out of my keyboard…
Oh I am hanging out for my spuds…….. I know I have some in the garden, as I had a lookie today:D
I’ve got spuds growing in cages, but I’m really skeptical. I know in theory there should be lots of little potatoes buried in there, but until I see ‘em I ain’t going to believe it. Noticed that the 2nd lot I planted have just poked up above the dirt. They’ve been planted out of season, but they were shooting in the pantry so I figured – what the heck. Either chuck ‘em to the chooks or plant ‘em. You never know.
It’s all a learning curve at the moment. If they grow good, I’ll make a note that I can plant ‘em later than the books say. If they don’t grow good – what have I lost? A bit of gardening soil and hay, and not a lot else.
Good on you! I too have been collecting new spuds. Having been doing so for a about a week or so now every couple of days. Pulled some lovely ones today…king edward, ruby lou and a couple of kipler. Yummo. They have so much flavour! Beats supermarket any day.
By the way I am so pleased to have found this forum! It’s good to be back.
I used to be an occasional contributor a couple of years ago to the old ABC Gardening Australia forum with the username of “beaver”. I have made the occasional post to the new forum, but not much really. I’m not overly impressed with it. I’ll have to learn my way around this forum, particuarly regarding uploading photos. Nice to see we can upload directly here.
hi AnneS, glad you found us here :)
AnneS said:
By the way I am so pleased to have found this forum! It’s good to be back.
I used to be an occasional contributor a couple of years ago to the old ABC Gardening Australia forum with the username of “beaver”. I have made the occasional post to the new forum, but not much really. I’m not overly impressed with it. I’ll have to learn my way around this forum, particuarly regarding uploading photos. Nice to see we can upload directly here.
Waves to AnneS This is a very friendly place with a FAB TAB of a fence to hang over and have a gander at other people’s gardens:D
Thanks Lucky and bluegreen…nice to catch up again!
AnneS said:
Thanks Lucky and bluegreen…nice to catch up again!
Your most welcome:D
So where do I go to find out how to upload photos to this forum?
AnneS said:
So where do I go to find out how to upload photos to this forum?
this forum is html enabled. you need somewhere on the web like photobucket to upload your photos to, then you can copy the code here to link to your photos.
Oh and another thing which I’m sure Lucky would appreciate..since Saturday we have had 12 chickens hatch (from the incubator) and they are so cute! Had most of our taken by a couple of pet (not mine) Alaskan Malmuts last year and we are slowly building up our flock again. The dogs ripped the door of the chook house to get them! The dogs have now fortunately gone to feral doggie heaven.
We have a couple of hens sitting, but they only have a couple of eggs each. My son wants to know what we are going to be doing with the all the roosters (such a positive soul he is; but considering our usual success rate with hatching roosters it’s not surprising)…They’ll be still too young for Chrissy Dinner!
Oh so I still need photobucket…Ok
Thanks
AnneS said:
Oh and another thing which I’m sure Lucky would appreciate..since Saturday we have had 12 chickens hatch (from the incubator) and they are so cute! .They’ll be still too young for Chrissy Dinner!
OMG…. how cute…….. nope can’t eat them little’ns……. find homes for them.
Here are my spuds…assuming I have done the right thing with the linking!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/beaver_album/th_003.jpg
AnneS said:
Here are my spuds…assuming I have done the right thing with the linking!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/beaver_album/th_003.jpg
http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/beaver_album/?action=view¤t=003.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/beaver_album/th_003.jpg
No need to add thw {url=http bits:D
Look FAB TAB….
try the first option that starts with http
Thanks Lucky1 and bluegreen. Surprise! Surprise! I stuffed up :-D
AnneS said:
Here are my spuds…assuming I have done the right thing with the linking!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p70/beaver_album/th_003.jpg
ooo – yum – those king edwards get a good write up – can be used for boiling, baking, chips and mashing.
g’day and welcome AnneS
Thanks pepe.
The King Edward have the most beautiful flavour. We grew them last year as well, but have gone better with them this year.
We’ve also been harvesting the kipler for a few days now. They are lovely as wedges (skin on) and oven fried. I just zap them in the micro for about 7 minutes then place them on a biscuit tray with cooking spray and then then give them a light spray as well. Absolutely delicious. Much nicer than deep fried.
AnneS said:
Thanks pepe.
i luv spuds and mine seem to be doing well this summer. they are still flowering so i haven’t sneaked a look yet.
AnneS said:
The King Edward have the most beautiful flavour. We grew them last year as well, but have gone better with them this year.We’ve also been harvesting the kipler for a few days now. They are lovely as wedges (skin on) and oven fried. I just zap them in the micro for about 7 minutes then place them on a biscuit tray with cooking spray and then then give them a light spray as well. Absolutely delicious. Much nicer than deep fried.
sounds great.
ms pepe adds fresh picked rosemary to the wedges – very popular.
i’m growing common spud types like coliban and pink eyes this year. still they all taste superb fresh.
I made shepherds pie tonight with my fresh spuds…added a good whack of fresh rosemary, parsley and mint to the mince (also added mixed vegies) and a little bit of cheese on the mash..yum
Well done AnneS, those spuds look great!!
I’ve just emptied the 2nd spud pot – 1 1/2 Kg this time. More big ones too !
I didn’t really need them but I needed to do something to cheer myself up LOL
It worked :)
orchid40 said:
I’ve just emptied the 2nd spud pot – 1 1/2 Kg this time. More big ones too !
I didn’t really need them but I needed to do something to cheer myself up LOL
It worked :)
That’s great.
I had to remove a small vegie bed this morning and to my surprise got enough spuds for tonights dinner. I didn’t even plant any this year, they’ve just done their own thing. What a bonus.
Spuds would have to be my most favorite veg of all.
orchid40 said:
I’ve just emptied the 2nd spud pot – 1 1/2 Kg this time. More big ones too !
I didn’t really need them but I needed to do something to cheer myself up LOL
It worked :)
good growing/ eating orchid
whats your assessment of the pots?
did they get the right amount of moisture?
btw spuds are finished when the tops are brown, droopy and completely dead – so you are all harvesting before the plants have finished growing. – which is what i’m dying to do too – woohoo.
I’ve got some “ferals” growing in the plot I last grew spuds, only the chooks and ducks keep eating the tops off them so don’t know if I will get any spuds, even if I could dig them with one hand in a cast.
pepe said:
orchid40 said:
I’ve just emptied the 2nd spud pot – 1 1/2 Kg this time. More big ones too !
I didn’t really need them but I needed to do something to cheer myself up LOL
It worked :)
good growing/ eating orchid
whats your assessment of the pots?
did they get the right amount of moisture?btw spuds are finished when the tops are brown, droopy and completely dead – so you are all harvesting before the plants have finished growing. – which is what i’m dying to do too – woohoo.
Aw that’s a shame BG, you never know though, you might get some :)
orchid40 said:
A bonus with these containers is that the contents, minus the spuds, can go straight on the vegie beds to be planted out. All good stuff!
just don’t put it anywhere you plan on growing tomatoes or other related plants. I did this one year and I think I passed on a disease or something as the tomato plants were really sickly that year.
Oooh thanks BG, I could easily have done that!
definitely too early to harvest my spuds.
i pulled one pink to have a look and its got 6 tubers on it but they are still small.
it will be almost xmas before i harvest
I’m tempted to harvest mine. I’m not sure whether the tops are dieing off or just suffering because of the weather. I noticed yesterday a dirty great big hole (about 3 inches across) running into the soil/hay right next to a stem. Bit concerned some little furry blighter is going to get more spuds than me. They’re in wire cages but the tops are open to the world – and possums, and rats, and any other keen digger critter.
SueBk said:
I’m tempted to harvest mine. I’m not sure whether the tops are dieing off or just suffering because of the weather. I noticed yesterday a dirty great big hole (about 3 inches across) running into the soil/hay right next to a stem. Bit concerned some little furry blighter is going to get more spuds than me. They’re in wire cages but the tops are open to the world – and possums, and rats, and any other keen digger critter.
i find the mulch tunnelled as well. its mainly blackbirds here.
pepe said:
i find the mulch tunnelled as well. its mainly blackbirds here.
Thankfully, that’s one pest we don’t have.
i am getting about 10 to 1 returns on the early pickings of my non certified spuds. mainly this is because i planted small ones (the size in the dish – 25gms) and got the big ones in return (biggest 250 gms).
Freaks of nature, or have I done something wrong…
The 4 of them weighed nearly 2 kg.
Happy Potter said:
Freaks of nature, or have I done something wrong…
The 4 of them weighed nearly 2 kg.
who says spuds have to be round and smooth? as long as they taste good :)
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Freaks of nature, or have I done something wrong…
The 4 of them weighed nearly 2 kg.
who says spuds have to be round and smooth? as long as they taste good :)
I will let you know shortly BG.. well they smell yummy..
were they grown from supermarket spuds, or certified seed spuds?
Happy Potter said:
bluegreen said:
Happy Potter said:
Freaks of nature, or have I done something wrong…
The 4 of them weighed nearly 2 kg.
who says spuds have to be round and smooth? as long as they taste good :)
I will let you know shortly BG.. well they smell yummy..
Evening all. HP are they Desirees? I have had a few of my Desiree’s look exactly like that, but only the really big ones. Maybe it’s the way they normally go if we leave them to grow big. Mostly the Desirees I have bought from the supermarket are much smaller and smoother. Likewise my own smaller ones. I think it might just be a feature of the Desiree potato, but I have no scientific basis for the idea.
bluegreen said:
were they grown from supermarket spuds, or certified seed spuds?
Mine were certified. Bought from Diggers
AnneS said:
Evening all. HP are they Desirees? I have had a few of my Desiree’s look exactly like that, but only the really big ones. Maybe it’s the way they normally go if we leave them to grow big. Mostly the Desirees I have bought from the supermarket are much smaller and smoother. Likewise my own smaller ones. I think it might just be a feature of the Desiree potato, but I have no scientific basis for the idea.
we don’t see the really big ones in the supermarkets generally as they go to the chippers.
bluegreen said:
were they grown from supermarket spuds, or certified seed spuds?
They were grown from certified seed spuds, and probably desiree’s. I remember that name lol.
Burpppp..
They were bloody beautiful eating :)
There’s some I snaffled away to have cold later with S&P.
Happy Potter said:
Burpppp..
They were bloody beautiful eating :)
There’s some I snaffled away to have cold later with S&P.
that’s what counts :)
Happy Potter said:
Freaks of nature, or have I done something wrong…
The 4 of them weighed nearly 2 kg.
they might be king edward spuds – that yellowy brown partial colouring ?
certainly they are lovely big taties
– look a bit like jerusalem artichokes with all those knobs.
Pepe you’re getting an excellent return from your spuds,
HP, your spuds are scarey! And HUGE! You’ve both done well :)
I’m nearly ready to find out what’s been happening in the big spud bins. The leaves etc are huge, I hope they didn’t put all their energy there instead of in the tubers!!
Here’s mine tonight,
Looking great Orchid :)
You staked them ? Mine are just sprawling.
I’m raiding the 2 patches of spuds that have died down, but the other beds of spuds ,planted later, will be about 3 weeks off yet.
orchid40 said:
Here’s mine tonight,
they’re still growing orchid.
harvest one tub – if you get lots of small ones leave them for a while because the small ones will fill out.
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???
I know I am……
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
Oh you bet….I’m planning the evening meal around them LOL.
We have a favourite now, the King Edwards… they even got the hubby to eat mashed spuds and that is a big plus :D
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
yeah – we tried a hot potato salad – because research into desiree showed them as a waxy spud good for that purpose.
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
yeah – we tried a hot potato salad – because research into desiree showed them as a waxy spud good for that purpose.
err – warm potato salad – cooks will know wat i meen…
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
yeah – we tried a hot potato salad – because research into desiree showed them as a waxy spud good for that purpose.
I looked at what the spuds were good for and then picked the varieties to grow.
pepe said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
yeah – we tried a hot potato salad – because research into desiree showed them as a waxy spud good for that purpose.
err – warm potato salad – cooks will know wat i meen…
Sure do. For those summer potato salad lovers that don’t want to miss out on their favourite spud salad over winter lol.
Happy Potter said:
pepe said:
pepe said:
Lucky1 said:
With your home grown spuds….are you finding your putting more thought into how you prepare them???I know I am……
yeah – we tried a hot potato salad – because research into desiree showed them as a waxy spud good for that purpose.
err – warm potato salad – cooks will know wat i meen…
Sure do. For those summer potato salad lovers that don’t want to miss out on their favourite spud salad over winter lol.
or for those who haven’t planned ahead to pre-cook and cool them.
Happy Potter said:
Looking great Orchid :)
You staked them ? Mine are just sprawling.
I’m raiding the 2 patches of spuds that have died down, but the other beds of spuds ,planted later, will be about 3 weeks off yet.
No, I didn’t stake them, but I started to try to run a string round them once when we had big winds. Never finished it.
When growing spuds in pots what sort of mixture do you use…..may give this a go next year
Rook
http://www.gardendesk.com/2008/05/potatoes-in-garbage-can.html
This is what I followed Rook, it’s working well for me. You can play with the ingredients, whatever you have available will work. I used Sugar Cane mulch layered with compost, Blood & Bone, horse manure, a bit of potash and anything else I had around.
orchid40 said:
http://www.gardendesk.com/2008/05/potatoes-in-garbage-can.htmlThis is what I followed Rook, it’s working well for me. You can play with the ingredients, whatever you have available will work. I used Sugar Cane mulch layered with compost, Blood & Bone, horse manure, a bit of potash and anything else I had around.
Thanks very much for that orcid40, printed and in the bag to go home
Rook
Rook said:
orchid40 said:
http://www.gardendesk.com/2008/05/potatoes-in-garbage-can.htmlThis is what I followed Rook, it’s working well for me. You can play with the ingredients, whatever you have available will work. I used Sugar Cane mulch layered with compost, Blood & Bone, horse manure, a bit of potash and anything else I had around.
Thanks very much for that orcid40, printed and in the bag to go home
Rook
You’re welcome :)
