Purple potatoes,

[rob158]

I've been growing these for a few years,


Purple potatoes (Congo) by Robert wright., on Flickr


Purple potatoes (Congo) by Robert wright., on Flickr

[airconednightmare]

sweet, any idea what the variety is called/where it came from?

you planning on selling some seed tatties?

[rob158]

I dont know where thay started out, the variety is Congo,
I got some minitubers from Tompson and Morgan which where about the size of a marble, Potato Minituber 'Congo' - Mini Tubers - Thompson & Morgan
thay make ok chips but are tender tubers so dont boil well and are a bit too fluffy textured for me, if you wanted to make blue mash then you could use a better boiling potato like Rooster or something and then add a few Congo near the end to color it,
I have a few I could trade.


Also I made a grow list of some of the plants I have if anyone is interested,
still needs a bit of updating,
Grow and wish list,

[airconednightmare]

i've got pink fir apple and duke of york i'm going to store. thinking of getting a blue type. i remember eating blue tatties while on holiday in the hebrdies about 20 years ago rooster is hands down the best chipper i've had so far.

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Rob, if the Congo variety of potato falls apart and drops when you boil them, then the best way to cook the potatoes is to steam them.

[Durgan]

Russion Blue in my locality. I like them very much and usually bake them. Mine are more dense than the typical potato. This year I planted early and it rained, and rained, and rained and they all rotted.

Russian Blue production is less than the typical potato about 2.4 pounds per plant and they take a long season.

My typical potatoes produce from 4.5 to 8 pounds per plant. I plant some different varieties each year, around 80 plants and expect around 300 to 400 pounds. Moisture appears to be the main variable all other things being equal.

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by rob158

I've been growing these for a few years,

Beautiful. you should be proud.

[vegetable-gardener]

Beautiful potatoes are they maincrop? I fancy growing salad blue or shetland black this year. Both from Thompson and Morgan.

[Durgan]

11 September 2010 Russian Blue Potatoes 11 September 2010 Russian Blue Potatoes.

Ten plants were grown and the average weight was 3.2 lbs per plant. The smallest yield was 2 lbs and the largest 5 pounds per plant. From previous years three pounds per plant is about normal for a good yield. I consider anything above 2 lbs per plant to be acceptable. The potatoes keep well. When boiled or baked the purple color remains. The texture is dense, and after accepting the color, the Russian Blue is a fine table potato. There was some damage from a bug, which I think is a squash bug.

[klevelyn]

I grew all blue potatoes last year for the first time. I had about 7 pounds of seed potatoes and ended up with about 30 to 40 pounds at harvest time. It is an all purpose potato and make great fries or chips as well as mashed. It was more purple I thought and held its color after cooking. I will be growing them again this year.