This from the news media: “Nemo is now well on its way to becoming a modern British classic potato and is already being talked about by those who have tried it as the ultimate roasting spud. “The potato is considered a game-changer not only because it can slash cooking time compared with the average roasting spud but also because of its wonderful creamy taste, rich fluffy texture, crisp outer skin and distinct golden colour.” This from the internet: Nemo is a phureja hybrid variety. It combines the fast-growing nature of original Peruvian potatoes with the hardiness of modern European varieties from the Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae family.
What's ideal abt your method is that you know exactly what you're gonna get for your efforts. How often trying a new variety & then you dislike its taste. Defeats the purpose, ya? ... *Recv'd my Red La Soda & French Fingerlings in US mail today. Huckleberry Gold & Mondak now sprouted, ready to plant. Look forward to getting them in a winter grow box. Wonderful to see horticultural science doing it right for a change. Thx Jim. -- xxoo 💌🍒
Hi Jim thanks for the video,have you tried this with Anya potatoes from Sainsbury's, they're a hybrid of pink fir apple and Desiree and are quite good for big harvests apparently, I've tried exactly what you've done with the kitchen roll and a brown paper bag in my outhouse,hoping they'll be ok for march
I just harvested my first bucket from store bought seed potatoes (Piccolo's medley from countdown). Planted on 1 September. A whopping 140g ! 😅 The lesson I think is, don't use very small potatoes as seeds. I used this particular lot because they were a multicoloured mix - black, white and Apache (nemo to you). They were likely small rejects wrapped in nice packaging and sold for double the price. 😂 Like father like son, they all came out same size as the seed. Top growth was also fairly stunted. Golf ball size or bigger for me in future I think
Sadly, Nemo can't be found in the U.S. Mostly Russets sold here for eating, along with higher priced unnamed red and yellow potatoes. I did make beef vegetable soup in the crockpot over the weekend for the wife and I consisting of all of the vegetables I have grown or currently am growing. These would include my June harvested potatoes, and currently growing White Chinese Celery, Louisiana Evergreen Shallots, Carrots, and Kale(twice frosted on). It was very delicious.
@@cyclingsfatsuma9808 No, I can't. The only UK potatoes available over here is King Edward and Sappo(And I'd have to buy seed potatoes) I do have Red Sun Shallots, which I am very glad to get, which I saw on many UK RUclips Videos. Those guys are beasts! Funny how one can get all kinds of seeds for Chinese or Japanese...
Nemo look just like a potato I have home grown for the last three years called Apache. And the reason I know is because I have been unable to find them since I bought them the first year (I think it was an Albert Bartlet potato) so I just keep 3 potatoes back and use them to start the next batch. However, although I never grow potatoes in the same soil year after year, I am concerned that growing the same variety year after year is supposed to be a bad thing if it’s not a seed potato. Any comments to help make up my mind on that Jim? In the meantime, I’ll see if I can track down a bag of Nemo and do a comparison as someone else here thinks it’s the same potato just renamed. So comparison on what - taste and cooking time seem to be Nemo’s thing, but growth and output also seem a valid comparison too, as well as appearance of course. After all, if the plants themselves look different, that would indicate different varieties, as would if one is an early and one a main crop but these are not the criteria to make a good spud - how well is crops, cooks and tastes are. No point in having a good crop of potatoes that you don’t want to eat. Oh, and I think my Apache were originally bought from either D T Brown or Marshalls in 2021/2022 and were something stupid like £8/kg, for about 15 potatoes. Will be interesting to see what the price is for Nemo is if it’s available to grow next year from non-supermarket sources.
@@donnastevens8832 Hello Donna. I grow several different varieties each year including a few I haven't grown before. I think I may have grow Apache one year. I use the same soil year after year provided I've not had any growing problems and I always enrich it with some organic material during the winter months and a slack hand full of organic fertiliser (blood fish and bone) at the time of planting in Spring.
This from the news media: “Nemo is now well on its way to becoming a modern British classic potato and is already being talked about by those who have tried it as the ultimate roasting spud.
“The potato is considered a game-changer not only because it can slash cooking time compared with the average roasting spud but also because of its wonderful creamy taste, rich fluffy texture, crisp outer skin and distinct golden colour.”
This from the internet: Nemo is a phureja hybrid variety. It combines the fast-growing nature of original Peruvian potatoes with the hardiness of modern European varieties from the Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae family.
I think you missed a few that weren't bigger than a tennis ball but you have a very successful criteria, so what so i know. Thanks forever and again.
I'll give Nemo a ago , and thanks Jim for the advice 👍👍
What's ideal abt your method is that you know exactly what you're gonna get for your efforts. How often trying a new variety & then you dislike its taste. Defeats the purpose, ya? ... *Recv'd my Red La Soda & French Fingerlings in US mail today. Huckleberry Gold & Mondak now sprouted, ready to plant. Look forward to getting them in a winter grow box. Wonderful to see horticultural science doing it right for a change. Thx Jim. -- xxoo 💌🍒
Great reminder! I store mine in cardboard egg cartons. Keeps them dry, exludes the light and tidy.
Hi Jim thanks for the video,have you tried this with Anya potatoes from Sainsbury's, they're a hybrid of pink fir apple and Desiree and are quite good for big harvests apparently, I've tried exactly what you've done with the kitchen roll and a brown paper bag in my outhouse,hoping they'll be ok for march
I just harvested my first bucket from store bought seed potatoes (Piccolo's medley from countdown). Planted on 1 September. A whopping 140g ! 😅
The lesson I think is, don't use very small potatoes as seeds. I used this particular lot because they were a multicoloured mix - black, white and Apache (nemo to you). They were likely small rejects wrapped in nice packaging and sold for double the price. 😂 Like father like son, they all came out same size as the seed. Top growth was also fairly stunted. Golf ball size or bigger for me in future I think
Want to see me turn out a small bucket with just the one Nemo planted in it? Check this out: ruclips.net/video/Ob8WZqjG_OQ/видео.html
Sadly, Nemo can't be found in the U.S. Mostly Russets sold here for eating, along with higher priced unnamed red and yellow potatoes. I did make beef vegetable soup in the crockpot over the weekend for the wife and I consisting of all of the vegetables I have grown or currently am growing. These would include my June harvested potatoes, and currently growing White Chinese Celery, Louisiana Evergreen Shallots, Carrots, and Kale(twice frosted on). It was very delicious.
We have Pinto Gold which seems close, if that helps. It's a good waxy all purpose potato.
Do you get Apache? That's UK origin and very similar to Nemo. I think USA rules on potato imports are quite strict. i see Pinto Gold looks the same
@@cyclingsfatsuma9808 No, I can't. The only UK potatoes available over here is King Edward and Sappo(And I'd have to buy seed potatoes) I do have Red Sun Shallots, which I am very glad to get, which I saw on many UK RUclips Videos. Those guys are beasts! Funny how one can get all kinds of seeds for Chinese or Japanese...
How long do they take to grow Jim
Hello David. Plant them early spring harvest them mid/late summer (all weather dependent) 4+ months. Jim.
@@HomeGrownVegspot on will try them
@@HomeGrownVeghave you tried Alexandra potatoes from Lidl they did well this year, like Charlotte but I think better tasting
Nemo look just like a potato I have home grown for the last three years called Apache. And the reason I know is because I have been unable to find them since I bought them the first year (I think it was an Albert Bartlet potato) so I just keep 3 potatoes back and use them to start the next batch. However, although I never grow potatoes in the same soil year after year, I am concerned that growing the same variety year after year is supposed to be a bad thing if it’s not a seed potato. Any comments to help make up my mind on that Jim?
In the meantime, I’ll see if I can track down a bag of Nemo and do a comparison as someone else here thinks it’s the same potato just renamed. So comparison on what - taste and cooking time seem to be Nemo’s thing, but growth and output also seem a valid comparison too, as well as appearance of course. After all, if the plants themselves look different, that would indicate different varieties, as would if one is an early and one a main crop but these are not the criteria to make a good spud - how well is crops, cooks and tastes are. No point in having a good crop of potatoes that you don’t want to eat.
Oh, and I think my Apache were originally bought from either D T Brown or Marshalls in 2021/2022 and were something stupid like £8/kg, for about 15 potatoes. Will be interesting to see what the price is for Nemo is if it’s available to grow next year from non-supermarket sources.
@@donnastevens8832 Hello Donna. I grow several different varieties each year including a few I haven't grown before. I think I may have grow Apache one year. I use the same soil year after year provided I've not had any growing problems and I always enrich it with some organic material during the winter months and a slack hand full of organic fertiliser (blood fish and bone) at the time of planting in Spring.