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How much will you be charging for these?? Should be ready just before we go to PP.;)

You may have to wait a while until I scale up the production, hopefully when I move over!! Still lots in the shops if you haven't bought any yet, they are lovely potatoes!

Just a little update for all those of us still stuck at home, and not in PP yet.

My Bride came home today with a wonderful gift for me - because she knows that I love "Padron Peppers".

The point is that I have only ever got them in Waitrose, but now Tesco are selling them, at about half the price that Waitrose do. Looking forward to lunch tomorrow - will report (well, I can't do a restaurant report yet).

Every little helps!!!

If you have a greenhouse or a very sunny garden you can grow Padron peppers in England. They take while to germinate so maybe a bit late in the year now, worth a try though. google to find the seeds.

A picture of some in our greenhouse from a few years ago,

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/x...psuw0hejxs.jpg
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http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps9mk8p6ag.jpg

They where really nice although if you leave them on the plant too long they change colour and are more like super hot chilly peppers !

Nice greenhouse.

Do you do Cannabis as well, by any chance??

Found a picture of a really hot one, when they go red don't eat them :)

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/x...psxza2r4gx.jpg

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Originally Posted by Tangoman (Post 111926)

Nice greenhouse.

Do you do Cannabis as well, by any chance??

It's a really old grotty greenhouse that someone was throwing out, its the way I take the photos really close with my phone that makes it look good :)

Not yet found the cannabis seeds in the garden centre :D

Impressed with your peppers Mark!

Update on potatoes, nearly ready to harvest now, will let you know what sort of crop I get!

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7429/2...d16b5d8c_z.jpg Untitled by sws97sdg, on Flickr

It doesn't look good for potato exports this year. This report is from the MDB :-

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Sa Pobla's early potato crop has been ruined.

The export of Sa Pobla potatoes will be delayed considerably. Following the damaging effect of heavy rain and floods, the wind of last weekend saw off plants that had survived. Josep Llabrés of the s'Esplet cooperative says that the early potato crop has been given up as lost.

The export campaign normally starts next month - it was earlier last year because of the complete contrast in weather - but it almost certainly won't start in March. Farmers at present don't know when to start taking potatoes out. Llabrés explains that they won't begin to get an idea until an assessment can be made of the condition of crops.

The additional damage caused by the wind is not expected to be claimed for. At the beginning of the week, the town hall published a list of damage from the floods that amounts to three million euros, three-quarters of which are for potato crops. In addition, there are claims made by growers within the cooperative who are channelling these via the Asaja farmers' association. Its manager, Joan Simonet, says that members have losses estimated at one million euros. Llabrés, however, believes that the total cost is much higher than has so far been declared.

In order for there to be a complete valuation, farmers are having to wait for insurance companies to send their assessors. They haven't yet been to Sa Pobla because they have been kept busy with claims on the mainland.

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You can read the full story here :-

Sa Pobla's early potato crop has been ruined » Balearics » News » Majorca Daily Bulletin

All is well! :) Just bought a 750g bag of Mallorcan new potatoes in Tesco in Bursledon, near Southampton today. £1.25 for the bag.

Thanks for that!

I have asked my wife to pick some up tomorrow.

Looking forward to dinner tomorrow night already!

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Originally Posted by Lorenzo (Post 117673)

All is well! :) Just bought a 750g bag of Mallorcan new potatoes in Tesco in Bursledon, near Southampton today. £1.25 for the bag.

Good luck after Brexit. Probably £25.1??

Cheers

Jimbo

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Originally Posted by Jimbo the Jambo (Post 117678)

Good luck after Brexit. Probably £25.1??

Cheers

Jimbo

Back to bringing them home in my hand luggage then! :D:D:D

Following in the footsteps of HRH Prince Charles who earlier this week was in Clitheroe inspecting the fine local produce, I have just been on Clitheroe Market and got 2.18kG (pre brexit)/ 4.8060773156 lb (post Brexit) of Mallorcan potatoes. Fresh in this morning and priced at 0.76p a kilo. My calculator suggests that's 15 shillings in old money.

Bought some loose yesterday in Tesco. Will enjoy tonight.