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deepinthewoods

  • Guest
potato competition
« on: February 20, 2012, 07:07:13 pm »
proposal!
to plant 3 seed potatoes of any variety in a bag (such has been advertised over the last few years by various fibbing companies ;) ), on a set date, to be removed on a set date, contents weighed, and results posted.

any takers? (odin, your barred ;) ;D )

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: potato competition
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 07:09:26 pm »
Sounds good to me  ;D You have to weigh the seed potatoes first and take that away from the final weight, so that it's weight gained that's measured.

Chris H

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: potato competition
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 07:11:21 pm »
Nothing to lose..............count me in!
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Bangbang

  • Guest
Re: potato competition
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2012, 07:18:40 pm »
I'll play !  :)

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: potato competition
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 08:15:59 pm »
i'll play are we talking special bags or just grow bags stood on end, which is how i usually do my salad potatos?


deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: potato competition
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 08:40:30 pm »
i cant see why not.

any suggestions for start date? i thought end of march to allow for latitude variation? and july 27th for the weigh in, tas's olympic effort!! 

Odin

  • Joined Oct 2011
  • Huddersfield
Re: potato competition
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 09:07:09 pm »
Barred....Moi.......Never.
Just wait until I get my Horny Ransomes 2 row Sex machine potato digger into gear . It came all the way from Devon, still some red sandy Devonian soil on it , but not any more. It is all oiled up and ready to rock n' roll, in some right soil.
Tsch....3 spuds in a pot......wouldnt feed my mice.   :hohoho:
A man who cannot till the soil cannot till his own soul !
A son of the soil .

deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: potato competition
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2012, 09:10:50 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D


money and mouth spring to mind.

 int it :wave:

Odin

  • Joined Oct 2011
  • Huddersfield
Re: potato competition
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 09:09:15 pm »
 I grow potatoes to fit my mouth, or "gob" ,up here in Yorkshire where everything is big.

An enquirer asked why I have stone walls around the potato field ? One replied that I only plant one potato right in the middle of the field, but it is to watch, because the soil is so good that the potato can grow so large that it needs the stone walls to keep it in. 8) :spud: :spud: :spud:
A man who cannot till the soil cannot till his own soul !
A son of the soil .

deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: potato competition
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 09:22:20 pm »
ok.

the end weight,
v
ONE of odins.

or is that unreasonable? :D

manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: potato competition
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2012, 07:04:12 am »
I'm in

we could have a whole comp of
biggest runner
longest carrot
etc
I've was planting seeds over the weekend and spent the last 2 days digging the allotment
yay spring is in the air
 :cucumber: :carrot: :spud: :squash: :corn: :peas: :brocolli:
Mx

MikeM

  • Joined Jul 2011
  • NW Devon
Re: potato competition
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2012, 07:47:35 am »
sounds like a bit of fun, I'm in.

anderso

  • Joined Jan 2012
  • brokenbrough
Re: potato competition
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2012, 06:47:56 pm »
as a yorkshireman down south I'll put 3 spuds forward -
when the revolution comes it will be a co-op

Slavo

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: potato competition
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2012, 09:11:20 pm »
Hi, I'm from South East Wales, just got my allotment 2 weeks ago  :thumbsup: (rather overgrown) I will definitely take part to make you all look good  ;D


deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: potato competition
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2012, 09:24:31 pm »
thats the spirit!  :D

 

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