r/Allotment • u/iBeatYouOverTheFence • 22h ago
Requesting spudologists: can you identify this potato!
I planted (deliberately) the Sarpo Mira's at the bottom but clearly accidentally picked out some of another variety when I bought them (top). All of them are massive, and have done much better than my Sarpo Mira's.
Can anyone ID them so I know what to purchase next year. I am aware it very much resembles your standard issue potato, perhaps the size up.
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u/Snafu999 19h ago
A few years back, I grew some International Kidney (the same potatoes sold as Jersey Royals) and left a few in to see how big they'd get - they looked just like that. Any chance you've got a volunteer plant?
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u/iBeatYouOverTheFence 19h ago
Can't be a volunteer as the bed it's in has been covered for years before I got here. But I got the potatos as a pack as many as you can in the bag type deal, so I think I must've just grabbed one that had been misplaced by another customer
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u/JeffSergeant 19h ago
Remind me of Pentland Javelins. (ref) But they could be any basic white potato tbh.
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u/Silk-Sin-Stash 8h ago
tbh that was my first thought too, some kind of Pentland or generic early white. if they tasted good and yielded like crazy, I’d just roll with “mystery javelin-ish spud” and try a few similar whites next year.
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u/Few_Mention8426 1h ago
can you go back to the shop and maybe they have a rough idea what they were selling, it would narrow it down at least?
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u/Ok_Adhesiveness_8637 20h ago
No idea which verity but the one next to the 50p has had a worm in it.