Comments on: Ready for Halloween http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/730/ready-for-halloween/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Colin http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/730/ready-for-halloween/#comment-5735 Colin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:39:46 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=730#comment-5735 I agree about Trick or Treat, but this is about storing vegetables. This year many of my potatoes are sprouting already, even King Edwards that have usually kept very well. And shallots and onions are rotting far more than usual (some trouble was expected because the weather was very damp when they were harvested and laid out to dry). Are other gardeners having the same experience? But on another subject, I dug some Sarpo Mira spuds and though many had slug damage several were very large indeed. One weighed-in at 848 grams. But the missus says that they are not good cookers, so we may stick to traditional varieties in future. I agree about Trick or Treat, but this is about storing vegetables.
This year many of my potatoes are sprouting already, even King Edwards that have usually kept very well. And shallots and onions are rotting far more than usual (some trouble was expected because the weather was very damp when they were harvested and laid out to dry).
Are other gardeners having the same experience?

But on another subject, I dug some Sarpo Mira spuds and though many had slug damage several were very large indeed. One weighed-in at 848 grams.

But the missus says that they are not good cookers, so we may stick to traditional varieties in future.

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