First Spuds Lifted

This year we planted 3 seed potatoes in a potato barrel in the greenhouse on the 4th April. This was an attempt to get an earlier crop. Today we harvested to see if our experiment had worked. The potato barrel contained 1kg of new potatoes. Not a huge crop. Last year we had double the weight from the same barrel. Many variables different here though - different variety (arran pilot versus red duke of york), probably much less water (obviously there is no rain in the greenhouse!)and I used 3 seed potatoes rather than 5. Worth it for the earlier crop though in my opinion. These were harvested 3 weeks earlier than last years efforts. We have another potato barrel that should be ready in a few weeks. The first of the allotment grown spuds should be ready starting mid-june and from then they should be coming thick and thin.