King ‘Tater is born

Growing potatoes in our thin Nottinghamshire soils since 1978.

This year we had a few Charlotte seed potatoes we didn’t use. Not enough room in the beds.

So we planted them in the polytunnel. They had water when I was watering the tomatoes. A mulch of compost.

The haulm continued green way after the potatoes planted outside. But they were ignored.

This week one of the rat family from the compost bins turned up a spud in the polytunnel so I thought it time to lift them.

And to my astonishment we had grown this 2 pound, 1.04kg whopper. In an otherwise year for potatoes.

King ‘Tater.