I've finished now, b
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- Thread starter chipchap
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I've finished now, but thought good stuff was making nearer £600?
- Location
- West Suffolk
Really? Well we were only at £500 wk before last and just finished that sample. They were some of the worst spuds I’ve ever seen. But must have fried ok. Started a new store this wk so hope to get the price up gradually now.
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ganderman
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- South lincs
- Location
- West Suffolk
had to google that to see how it cuts them!
Will you dress/cure the seed cuts also?
Will you dress/cure the seed cuts also?
What variety are those? I've always been scared of blackleg risk. Some processing variety don't seem as bad?
ganderman
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- South lincs
Electra. We did 12 ton of Performer last year by hand and they can be bad for blackleg not a problem.
ganderman
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- Location
- South lincs
It centres them so you don't get slithers like other machines. There is a powder applicator on the machine which you put talc or gypsum on. We are fortunate that we have a letterbox dryer system so we can push a lot of air through them.
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- Location
- Cambs
£560 this week for Babylon
Do you still get much less of a yield with only half the eyes to produce stems?
Have you got some kind of micro climate where you are, and sandy soil? Too wet here to even get the muck tipped on the fields. If it stopped raining today we'd need 2 drying weeks before we could think about starting.
So much land work stacking up. Its going to be hectic if does ever dry up.
A mate who worked out there said sewage gets pumped out on areas so no wonder they taste awful
- Location
- West Suffolk
They surely couldn’t import potatoes like that?
ganderman
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- Location
- South lincs
In my limited experience no difference to a whole seed of equal size.
That’s what I was told , not saying it’s common practice but desert conditions and lack of moisture any moisture will do.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
That's the problem now, i wanted this field to be the last to dig in autumn because its dry, now its going in first to get something growing.
Not sure what seed you have but if you plant a late maturing variety like Markies/Royal, a Sagitta planted in a few weeks on the heavier land will likely still overtake it to harvest?
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
All older stuff here, British Queen, kerrs pink, dunbar standard etc. Selling locally so need to have what's wanted. Going slowly today again
dave6470
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- Location
- Coleraine Co.Londonderry NI
Lucky you ridger if your moving im currently sitting on the plough; waiting for someone to come pull me out of a wet hole
- Location
- West Suffolk
Will early chipping stuff be short/delayed?