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chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 16 10:22 am Post subject: Potato varieties for storage?
What varieties can I plan to plant that will store well? My potatoe source has dried up

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 16 11:38 am Post subject:
Wilja's a good all-rounder for cooking and stores well.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 16 8:09 pm Post subject:
Anya lasts really well

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 16 9:42 pm Post subject:
Oh good. I haven't duck mine up yet (I didn't plant them till July, though)

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15985

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 16 8:45 am Post subject:
King Edward is an old variety, but that stores well. I also grow Desiree which is also all right. The main thing is to have a cool, frost free, dark, place to store them. I can keep mine until about Christmas in the centrally heated house in a potato sack. It would be far better with a cellar, but we don't have one.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 3:51 pm Post subject:
Desiree does store well but I find it crops intermittently for me.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 4:13 pm Post subject:

My supplier down the road looks to be back in business - the farmer died and I thought the family would stop; but they have signs up again, I've just paid �6 for 25kg of Wiljas. If they're going to continue doing it, then I guess that it's a better use of my space to grow more expensive things.

I reckon we get through about 100kg a year. What sort of cropping area do you think you'd need to get that?

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 4:46 pm Post subject:
Sarpo Miro keep well, crop well and are huge!

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 6:07 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

I reckon we get through about 100kg a year. What sort of cropping area do you think you'd need to get that?

How long is a piece of string? Some years I get a fabulous crop but this year they went in late after a cold spring and got hit by blight early so were horribly small. Average commercial yield is around 40 tonnes per hectare so if my maths is right* for 100kgs you'll need around 25m2.

#Disclaimer - my maths could be totally wrong

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 7:58 pm Post subject:
You'd also need to be able to store them all year, which I don't think I could manage.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
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Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 16 8:28 pm Post subject:
If I manage to grow a good crop I generally find I can successfully store them only to March, not beyond.

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