Today I cleared out the spud patch. This is a good time to review this year's spud harvest...
I thought the variety I bought this year, rocket, seemed very similar to the pentland javelins that I planted for the previous 2 years. Both varieties were ok, but a bit more 'floury' than I really like - charlottes are my favourite.
I also found that the rockets were prone to get burrowed into by some subterranean pest.
As I planted all the seed potatoes at the same time (7th April), I had a glut so had to leave a lot of the spuds in the ground (the first batch lifted was on 10 July), increasing the likelihood of pest attack.
I think next year I will plant charlottes that I'll buy from the supermarket. I'll plant them in 2 staggered batches to avoid a huge glut. Will probably plant one batch in the old strawb bed, and another in the tomato bed. I'll plant the tomatoes in this year's spud bed. I can also use the bed at the bottom of the garden for something else (planted spuds there this year), maybe French beans.
