Pink Fir Apple potatoes

[ninnyscrops]

Grew them last year and sacked them up, haven't got round to using them all and what's left are sprouting away merrily ;D. Can I pass them on or not really a good idea? I shan't be growing them this season and obviously can't put them in the compost heap!

[ninnyscrops]

[saddad]

How soft are the tubers? If fairly solid you can knock the shoots off and eat them.. if you have two foot shoots then brown bin them!
;D

[ninnyscrops]

Tubers are fairly firm and the chits are about 3/4 inches long, but to be really honest, they aren't really our type of potato.  Had to grow them and try them tho  :).  Will brown bin then but just seems such a waste  :(

[Riffster]

One of my favourite eating salad pots !!!!!

[cornykev]

Lovely chips.   :P :P :P     ;D ;D ;D

[tim]

For Heaven's sake - persevere!

So great for Salad, Roast, Chips - just get used to them!!

If boiling, cook then peel.

[Sparkly]

I am glad these are getting a good review as I have just bought a 3kg bag of pink fir seeds!

[asbean]

We love them, but find peeling them a chore. So we tend not to use them, and have decided not to grow them this year, the first year without PFAs.

[ninnyscrops]

Think that was my problem Tim - but might have a go cooking in their skins and peel afterwards, with what I have left.

[Hyacinth]

....and I always find that my seed PFA's don't chit :-\

I've not bought mine yet, but for me PFAs are a must-have.

[asbean]

They do chit, but they do everything slower than anything else. They are also the last to show shoots as well, you're just about to give up on them, all the rest have lovely growth, and then suddenly, with a magnifying glass = = there's a leaf!!!! 

[ninnyscrops]

My seed pots last year only had the smallest of chits when I put them in the ground - but they did produce an abundance of potatoes - hence so many left over! Not sure I got them all out of the ground either so I'm sure there will be one or two popping up through the onions this year  :)

[Baaaaaaaa]

I only ever grow PFA and Red Dukes. Never peel, just a quick scrub and into the pan / fryer.

Would never be without them, just got a few Kgs left now, Hopefully they'll last for a couple of weeks.

Normally I buy a few and replant a few, but this year, because of the blight, I'm restocking completely.

[tim]

They are SO easy to peel when cooked.

Or don't!!

Yes, the sprouts are tiny. But the haulms are HUGE!!

And the tubers are not too bad?

[twinkletoes]

I never peel mine - I think the skin is thin enough not to bother. 
Twinkletoes

[Barnowl]

Leaving the skins on, a quick parboil to get the remaining mud off  ;D,  slice in half lengthwise, toss in a bit of oil and roast.

[Old bird]

I wasn't going to bother this year.  I have quite a slug problem - but you have made them sound so great - I have grown them off and on for years - that I will have to try them again!!  I think I will get some new seed potatoes as the last lot were blighted. 

I still have a sack of them on the floor of my garage - which due to junk being added to the garage - haven't been looked at for a couple of months.  I will go home at lunchtime and dig them out for this evening - thanks supper sorted!!

Old Bird!

[chickadoodle]

Went to the potato fayre at Whitchurch this year and there is a variety called Anya which is a desire x PFA.  It produces a similar tasting spud to PFA good for salads but it comes along earlier when you are still eating lots of salads.  Best of all it doesn't have all the knobbly bits!  Needless to say we bought some to try!

[asbean]

How did you find Whitchurch, Chicka?  We went on the saturday morning and spent longer queuing than buying spuds. One queue to have your purchases checked, then queue again to pay.  Still quite a good choice, though.

[chickadoodle]

Yes a great choice but I agree about the queing.  However, late Saturday and Sunday were apparently much quieter and they still had most of the potato varieties there.  Shame about the cost of a cuppa too.  That's what happens when the local pub do it, clueless, they even let the urn run out!