Behold the most expensive potatoes in the World. Back in September we thought we'd try growing some late season new potatoes. The plan was to have fresh potatoes for Christmas. Three potato sacks were planted on the greenhouse just after which we had a prolonged hot spell when the newly sprouted tubers romped away, the foliage became leggy and promptly fell over. To be honest it's been a bit chaotic. However today Julie emptied one of the bags of which the foliage had recently died back. And here we have it, nine new potatoes. They look nice but if you add in the bag of compost at £8, hours of care and watering, I suggest each potato owes us £2 at least. We'll leave the other two bags for another month before they are unearthed. There's also one tuber direct in the greenhouse soil; will that produce more potatoes for a lot less effort? Only time will tell. A good experiment and food for thought for 2024.
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