Jersey Royal potatoes

Devongardener

Seaweed IS still used as a fertiliser and the potatoes are grown under plastic to protect them from late frosts.  Those potatoes don’t look like Jerseys to me, too big and not the familiar kidney shape.   

A._Badger

Devongardener said:

Seaweed IS still used as a fertiliser and the potatoes are grown under plastic to protect them from late frosts.  Those potatoes don’t look like Jerseys to me, too big and not the familiar kidney shape.   

The following took just a few seconds to find via a search engine (link at the end). It confirms what horticulturalists have been saying (even on MSE's Greenfingered forum) for years.

"Traditionally, growers used seaweed – known locally as vraic – as fertiliser but Francois le Maistre, from the Jersey Royal Potato Association told the BBC in 2010 that the practise had started to die out years ago.

"Jersey’s Agriculture and Fisheries Committee tried to promote its use again by employing a contractor to gather it on the beach to supply farmers. It was still used on some farms but not on a wide scale anymore."

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/lifestyle/denis-kilcommons-jersey-royals-debate-7104870