The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: northfifeduckling on January 12, 2013, 01:20:41 pm
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I'm planning the tatties and we do need blight resistant varieties after the previous years' disasters.
S4S on here are selling 25 kg bags of Cara (chipping/roasting).This is way too much for us, anyone want to go halves or thirds (including delivery)?
I'm also looking into Sarpo (waxy) and Alan Romans seems to trade them on-line only through T&M. As he's in Kettlebridge we could just go there - does anyone know if that's possible?
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I tried most of the Sarpo varieties starting when they first were available here, though I was dissapointed in the eating qualities and never bought any of them twice.
I have grown Toluca for 3 years now and am pleased with the growing and cooking/eating qualities, though I doubt they would crop as well as Cara.
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I did a trial for garden organic with Sarpos many years ago. True that they are not great croppers but anything is better than blight and that's what they did not get. Is Toluca floury or waxy and where do you get it? :&>
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Blight isnt always guaranteed every year - you may get lucky - I would choose a potato for flavour and spray with bordeaux mixture if blight was imminent. You can get blightwarnings emailed to you.
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I did a trial for garden organic with Sarpos many years ago. True that they are not great croppers but anything is better than blight and that's what they did not get. Is Toluca floury or waxy and where do you get it? :&>
It was originally from Alan Romans as he sold out to T & M, this year I am trying Tuckers Seeds, though so far no sign of my potato order even though it went in October last year, so I can give no feedback other than they had a good selection online.
As I prefer a waxy potato, and am not generally keen on the high dry matter types I would guess it was waxy.
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we had it for about 10 years now every year and yes, I do get the warnings. I would like a bit less extra stress and work for now. I don't remember anything negative on the taste of Sarpo. We love Pink Fir Apple but they have absoutely no chance here, and the tiny tubers I got when I had to tend to them early were a nightmare to clean. I just give in and try to be sensible :&>
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One year I grew Milva - supposedly blight resistant - next to Pink Fir Apple - supposedly blight susceptible. Guess what: Milva got blight first, and quite badly... The year before they had done well (in a different bed, of course) - but the cows in the next field got at them. They liked them just as much as I did. I don't know whether that year was just exceptional re blight?!
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We tried some sarpo a couple of years back. They didn't eat well and although they were blight "resistant" they still got it albeit a couple of weeks later than the other spuds.
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We tried sarpo mira last year and they were the last to get blight but got it nonetheless and the crop we did get was really poor :(
Looked for first time yesterday and something called Albert Bartlett 'osprey' has appeared on the shelves.....anyone tried these?
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We are sticking to Cara this year. If we loose some, ah well, but they do make great cooking potatoes.