July main crop harvest
Written by: adekun on 17 July, 2008 4:10 pm - Filed under: garden ?
It is so humid at the moment. As a result, a paltry target of harvesting one row of potatoes was set. Day four and mission accomplished, just has the rain arrives. I’m happy with the yield. Despite giving several bags away prior, the spuds created a nice mound in the wheelbarrow. Two of the rows had the haulms cut to two or three in an attempt to see if the average size of the tubers would increase. While there isn’t an astonishing difference overall I think it worked. Jacket potatoes once the skins harden.
TopVeg
18 July, 2008 #
Glad you had a good harvest. Do they store well over there?
We are still on new potatoes, Maris Bard.
The Maincrop of King Edwards are only duck egg size at the moment.
adekun
20 July, 2008 #
I never grown enough to store for any length of time. Without somewhere cold I’m not sure how long they will last - especially with the humidity.
I think I going to scrounge some boxes and use newspaper as I haven’t any hay or straw.
In the shops, potatoes are duck egg sized at best! Would be nice to understand the varieties available here; could then think of them as Pink Fir Apples, Pentland Javelin etc.