Potato Quality

[Y Fan Wen]

Our local grown Marfona are particularly tasty this year. Our grower usually runs out in March tho'. Then we have to go a bit further to one who buys in when his own finish.

 

[7610 super q]

The quality in supermarkets leaves a lot to be desired.
The problem (IMO ) is the spuds are lifted with a harvester into boxes/ trailers , then dumped into a hopper, graded, dumped back into boxes.....lot's of opportunities for bruising.
Waiting for skins to set....a nice opportunity to go green with large yields creating cracks in ridges letting light in.
Washed spuds in plastic bags on lit shelves......hmmmm.
Modern varieties.......some nice, some spectacularly tasteless.
Can't really beat freshly dug ( carefully ) spuds eaten the same day. Impractical, I know.

 

[wheely]

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[Laggard]

Anybody got any Vanessa seed potatoes please?

 

[chipchap]

I was hoping to buy Dutch seed this spring.

Does anybody know to any Ramos or Markies seed in the UK with no issues with blackleg.

Im sure there’s some out there, but I haven’t seen any in the last few years.

 

[WRXppp]

I was hoping to buy Dutch seed this spring.

Does anybody know to any Ramos or Markies seed in the UK with no issues with blackleg.

Im sure there’s some out there, but I haven’t seen any in the last few years.

I see the government is shouting about seed potatoes from the EU in the fallout over shellfish so if the tit for tat wars start maybe not.

 

[Netherfield]

I used to say a meal wasn't complete without potatoes, not any more, what's available these days are mostly tasteless.

Until 3 years ago I grew enough at home to keep us almost through the year, but my back can't stand the digging anymore, plus not being able to find the varieties I wanted.

 

[AndrewB]

I was hoping to buy Dutch seed this spring.

Does anybody know to any Ramos or Markies seed in the UK with no issues with blackleg.

Im sure there’s some out there, but I haven’t seen any in the last few years.

I’ve 45ac of Markies seed with no blackleg, unfortunately I can’t sell direct as it’s all on contract to Agrico. I can understand buying Dutch seed is some susceptible blackleg varieties but not Markies.

The only way the EU will let us export our seed to them is if we firstly ban theirs and then do a deal.
Piper, Markies and Charlotte are best eating that I grow.

 

[Laggard]

Anybody got any Vanessa seed potatoes or once grown for sale please?

 

[2wheels]

We have been getting summer gold tatties from Lidl ( Albert Bartlett) . They are yellow fleshed and are the best tasting tatties we have had for years.