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First Early Variety? suggestions.

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  • 08-02-2012 12:32pm
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    usainbolt
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    Any suggestions on a first early variety? I set orla's last year and they were very successful but am looking for something a bit more floury. Sharpes Express, Home Guard ???

    Soil temperature? 7C + needed ? would you go along with this before setting seeds potatoes.

    Thanks.


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    qzy
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭qzy


    I set Epicure and Sharpes Express. Epicure seems to handle a bit of frost well and Sharpes take a little longer to mature. Both lovely spuds....


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    usainbolt
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    Got a 5kg bag of sharpes express today. will chit them for a couple of weeks and hopefull the ground will be warmed up enough by then.


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    fatoftheland
    Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭fatoftheland


    you must grow some duke of york they are v flowery and v tasty


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    usainbolt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭usainbolt


    Cheers will do, my dad loves his floury spuds.


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    Sitamoia
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    Hi, first post. I bought Sharpes Express today, had them last year and they were beautiful.


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    Cardinal Richelieu
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    usainbolt wrote: »
    Any suggestions on a first early variety? I set orla's last year and they were very successful but am looking for something a bit more floury. Sharpes Express, Home Guard ???

    Soil temperature? 7C + needed ? would you go along with this before setting seeds potatoes.

    Thanks.

    First earlies are more waxy than floury, you have to let them grown on a little longer to get the floury flavour.


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    Cardinal Richelieu
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    Just dug my first Homeguards early this morning to see how they were getting on. Results from 3 stalks. Not a heavy crop, earlies never are but ideal size.


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    Clare man
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Clare man


    recommend duke of Yorks, my fav of the earlies, you can put them in ground now once chitted..


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