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frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 4938 Location: Kent

Dug some yesterday, plenty of them on just 2 plants, good size, hooge in fact for new pots.....but.... cooked them tonight and thought them quite flavourless? Confused

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wardy · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 9380 Location: My allotment

Oh how disappointing. Wonder why no flavour. Could be the dry weather do you suppose? My spuds have found their way to the surface, apparently a sign of the dry weather

redimp · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject:

I thought dry meant small but with more flavour. It is the irrigation that means that shop bougth ones are less flavoursome. Might be local conditions - some potatoes might be good on my soil but less good on yours. Or, they might jsut be shoite.

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daveandtara · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 3642 Location: south-east london

erm! what dry weather? Shocked

apart from this week it's been blimmin monsoon weather all spring!
we didn't know whether to build a shed or an ARK!!! Laughing

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Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 4014 Location: Herts

How much water would you give your spuds ... under normal conditions that it ???

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frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 4938 Location: Kent

I don't water mine Confused

Unless they showed sign of wilting of course but they haven't Confused

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redimp · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

I don't water owt unless it looks like it's on its last legs.

I think I may have mentioned this before.

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daveandtara · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 3642 Location: south-east london

you have

but that's okay because now neither do I and I enjoy my my plottering considerably more thanks to your drumming it into my head Laughing

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Delilah · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 4872

Nope me neither no water atall, and at the moment the soil at the plot is like sand Confused

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frenchchique · Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 4938 Location: Kent

Dug more of them today, cos they've got to be eaten, I thought.... Rolling Eyes

They were absolutely lovely

Confused, from Kent

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loobytoo · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 2080 Location: North Lincs

I never water potatoes and am gradually learning to only water what looks like it needs it - which is peas, beans & salads just now as I have really light soil and it's a dustbowl same as wot Del's is. The old boys are saying I should water my onions cos a couple started bolting, but I haven't cos I can't carry that much water! Confused

I've got Rocket 1sts and they're scrummylicious - not as many as last year but I think they taste better - you may well be right Ady Very Happy

Not tried Lady Kristle.

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redimp · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject:

I watered my onions at the weekend - with rhubarb tea. But, I am a bit peed off with growing golf balls every year. I don't want em massive, just cooking onion sizish.

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chriszog · Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 1100 Location: England Beds

My Lady Crystal are lovelly this year but they have got very big very quickly. Not a bad thing i suppose????