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The real "Jersey Royal Potato " Production system?
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<blockquote data-quote="Devil's advocate" data-source="post: 6292576" data-attributes="member: 1504"><p>I hope there are lots of well informed replies.</p><p></p><p>I know a little, because I'm a green grocer.</p><p></p><p>The jersey royal is the variety International kidney & grown on the Island of Jersey.</p><p></p><p>On the best soils they are grown every year, they are in the soil for such a short period that rotation is not necessary, eelworm actually declines because they don't have time to complete their life cycle. The potatoes are grown all year round (almost but still with a huge peak in late spring/early summer) now by the use of tunnels for early crops & late planting for later crops.</p><p></p><p>The steep slopes are only used for early crops because the south facing ones of course mature earlier.</p><p></p><p>Second crops of caulie/broc are often grown (much more so in the 70's cheaper competion from Spain/France/Italy & Portugal these days) I think westerwolds grass is sometimes grown too.</p><p></p><p>In the old days huge amounts of seaweed was hauled to the fields to stop soil erosion & to feed the crop.</p><p></p><p>Blight can be dreadful in them.</p><p></p><p>Sorry Jersey farmers but we don't stock them we sell Spanish then Cornish (sometimes Pembroke) & then Bostons which have started this week.</p><p></p><p>What I stuggle to understand is how they hold the soil on steep cotes (fields) during thunderstorms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Devil's advocate, post: 6292576, member: 1504"] I hope there are lots of well informed replies. I know a little, because I'm a green grocer. The jersey royal is the variety International kidney & grown on the Island of Jersey. On the best soils they are grown every year, they are in the soil for such a short period that rotation is not necessary, eelworm actually declines because they don't have time to complete their life cycle. The potatoes are grown all year round (almost but still with a huge peak in late spring/early summer) now by the use of tunnels for early crops & late planting for later crops. The steep slopes are only used for early crops because the south facing ones of course mature earlier. Second crops of caulie/broc are often grown (much more so in the 70's cheaper competion from Spain/France/Italy & Portugal these days) I think westerwolds grass is sometimes grown too. In the old days huge amounts of seaweed was hauled to the fields to stop soil erosion & to feed the crop. Blight can be dreadful in them. Sorry Jersey farmers but we don't stock them we sell Spanish then Cornish (sometimes Pembroke) & then Bostons which have started this week. What I stuggle to understand is how they hold the soil on steep cotes (fields) during thunderstorms. [/QUOTE]
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