Potato weigh in this way please!

noonesperfect

Well I got brave today and gingerly tipped one of my pots onto some plastic sheeting so that I could just get out what was need for a meal and let the rest carry on growing (I hope). I'd tried firkling around and chouldn't feel anything .

578g + *416g of best Nicola new potatoes have been retrieved :j
I'm chuffed to bits, it's my first attempt at growing spuds of any sort.

- hopefully there will be plenty more. I planted 6 seed potatoes in two large containers.

*Edited to add new "harvest"

louise_1981

http://lottielouise.googlepages.com/crops

I had two potato plants in my salad bar, so I just left them. dug them up today! got around 1lb 1/4 from two plants, which must have been ther sercretly from last year, so have not got a clue of variety, the plants still had potato buds so I have put them back and watered them.

elsien

Ok, completely baffled now.
I dug up the second pot of earlies - smaller pot and only one seed potato, and I got a larger crop - 3lb of potatoes. They've only been in an extra couple of weeks so it shouldn't make that much difference should it?
So I get more potatos if I plant less in a smaller pot.

teedy23

I,m going to empty the big bin tmrw, cant wait any longer and cant really reach the bottom for a good firkle. That also means I can use my expensive potatoe sack that I bought during an M/S job.

teedy23

Mornin all, oh I mean aternoon. Well just done did my firkle, I yeilded a further 3lb4oz making 5lb4oz in all. There were a lot of tiny potatoes and some wee buds still in there, I,ve dumped them all back in and hope to see some more spuds along the way, who knows. I know it not a lot but from one spud from a supermarket bag it,s a good profit. Will do better next time.

ChocolateMonkey

Kazwookie

Chocloate Monkey 3 potatoes = 1lb 3oz(pink smile homebase)

It was 1lb 13oz and you spelt my name wrong. :P
Thanks for doing this thread though, I'm really enjoying it. :T

kazwookie

Sorry

Sorted.

noonesperfect

Update from previous post.

I've emptied one container (started 3 seed potatoes off) and the total yield was nearly 7.5lbs!!! :j

Got the seed potatoes from Wilko - variety is Nicola.

I'm hoping the other container is as bounteous

~Chameleon~

I wonder whether we can run up a shortlist of the best yielding varieties people have had this year please?

I'm certainly not going to bother with pink apple fir again after this year's disastrous results, although I do still have several plants in the ground but I'd have thought they'd be ready by now having been in the ground since late March

I've still got cara and rooster to harvest yet though

Has anyone had any luck with the Emerald Vale ones? I never got round to putting mine in the ground in spring so going to try this week for winter/xmas spuds

kazwookie

By the looks of things the Duke of York is in the lead, followed by Charlotte in a close place second!!

I still have nothing.........................