SSPC2024 Summary and Results - STUNNING!

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

Well done everyone, you made me late for work on two mornings trying to watch this one Steve.....😂 Now my wife's health is in good hands I would like to enter next year mate. Nic is saving me a potato to see if I can grow a big one for Malvern from this variety. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

You're in buddy! Good news about Mrs K ❤

[@terrykingsallotmentgardening]

@DigwellGreenfingers 👍❤️👍

[@robertmeakings9774]

Hi Steve I did not think I would win this year as there was a lot of great competition well done to all who entered. Please add me for next year’s challenge. A big thank you for running the challenge

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

One of the new rules for next year is to handicap previous winners and only send them ½ a spud 😂😂😂😂 Of course you are in buddy!

[@robertmeakings9774]

@ hi Steve with the new rules for next year Yours 1/2 a potatoe Nick’s 30Kg All I need is Duncan to come up with one 😂😂😂👍🥔🌱

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@robertmeakings9774 How about "no entrants beginning with the letter R" ? That's this year's top two out of the game LOL

[@robertmeakings9774]

Thanks Rob

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

Excellent Steve, I done a lot better than i thought i would have. Please put me down for next year mate. Some great weights and a lot of them very very close, and also some really big spuds. Well done to everyone who took part. Thank you very much for taking the time to organise this Steve, very much appreciated mate 👍 P.S Glad i know the variety now its been battering my head not knowing lol

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

LOL It was hard not to spill the beans, Jimmy. Well done mate and of course, you're in!

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

@DigwellGreenfingers Nice 1 Steve mate 👍

[@robsallotmentchannel9942]

Well Done Robert on your great harvest. Steve that was a fantastic challenge this year, an amazing harvest of potatoes. Well done everybody who entered. 👍👍👍👍👍🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

They did well -Brian- sorry, Rob! PMSL

[@sowgroweat6987]

Astonishing results, well done all entrants and what a superb competition organised by Steve. 10/10

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Bloody amazing results again Mike. Cheers.

[@BrainStormAcres]

What crop from lots of gardeners Steve! That’s quite a show that you coordinated. Our hats are off to you! Take care.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thanks so much guys!

[@AnyKeyLady]

Well done guys and really interesting Steve! I did see your early door videos on this as a new sub and wasn't sure what it was about. So do you chit the potatoes and send them out to ppl who join the challenge? I got into growing potatoes by accident. We threw some potato skins in the composter and found one had sprouted white, which i thought was a root! haha. I planted it upside down in the "science" pot aka doggy native clay soil in a 30cm pot and was totally surprised with the yield. The peel broke off when planting upside down too end of July and harvested in the end of Oct. I think was over a pound of potatoes in the end. We do several pots twice a year now. When do you start chitting yours? Have you seen Home Grown Veg? He does container gardening in 10 inch ex water buckets, he got from Morrisons for free.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Hi. No, the seed spuds are sent out "as is" - some may have started to chit but not by me forcing them. It is then up to the entrants to do as they wish with them. I start chitting about a month before planting out, so sometime mid Feb usually. I do watch Home Grown Veg now and then. I'd be careful with his latest one about saving store bought spuds to chit in Spring, though, as many are sprayed with a growth inhibitor (when was the last time you saw chits on spuds in the store?) Have a great week

[@AnyKeyLady]

@@DigwellGreenfingers Ok. Yes we grow potatoes from the store for some years now. What does the growth inhibitor meant to do? Does it affect the taste of the grown potatoes? We haven't noticed anything. Yes we start chitting in Jan in cups. Have a great week too. Take care!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@AnyKeyLady It's sprayed on the spuds to slow down the chitting process. No, it does not affect the taste.

[@myrustygarden]

Excellent footage Steve you have done a great job. It’s 15 seconds of fame 😂😂 no longer 15 minutes. Brilliant results everyone all good fun. Have a super week everyone, Ali ☔️🇨🇦

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ali! Didn't they do well? Have a great week

[@Petetrenouth]

Fantastic footage Steve, a really well put together video, and congratulations to everyone involved, some great weights in there. I would love to take part next year, how do I go about putting my name down? Take care Pete.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

I'll send up a reminder video and a short video sometime in January, Pete. Be glad to have you along!

[@Petetrenouth]

@ Thank you for getting back to me Steve, looking forward to having a go next year.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@Petetrenouth Already added you to the list buddy!

[@Petetrenouth]

@@DigwellGreenfingers Thank you. 🥔👍

[@annthomson-ewers2835]

Wow great results count me in for next year 👍

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Most welcome, again, Ann! Good luck in advance

[@Jacqui-Pen]

Wow, it just goes to show what you can achieve from a single potato. They look fantastic. Congratulations to everyone & a great video to watch 😊

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thank you so much! The humble spud never fails to amaze me.

[@idahogardengirl942]

Wow! It was amazing to see the different techniques and the results from everyone.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thank you! Cheers IGG. It always amazes me how many spuds we get from only tiny seed potato! I've picked up a few tips, yet again.

[@deniseinthegarden]

Well done Robert, amazing harvest. My first time but definitely up for next year please Steve. Some great tips that I will be taking on board 😂🤞👍

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Best of luck for next year Denise. I predict it will be even better than 2024

[@deniseinthegarden]

@@DigwellGreenfingershope so my result couldn’t be worse 😂 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@deniseinthegarden LOL but like I say, more out than in - always a winner!

[@deniseinthegarden]

@@DigwellGreenfingers yes definitely 👍

[@robertmeakings9774]

Thanks Denise

[@TheRightPearPlot]

You’ve done great with the editing Steve 🎉 well done everyone ❤ Excited for next year!!!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

I am soooo looking forward to it already!

[@mygardenanddinosaurs]

Oh boy that was close. Fab competition and a fab tasting spud too. Thanks for organising this Steve.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Cheers Mags. Recognise the thumbnail? Told you I'd use it LOL

[@mygardenanddinosaurs]

@ yes indeedy. No probs.

[@RobinGardens]

Made myself a sandwich and potato chips and I'm all in for 1:31 video🥰 Fab challenge, congrats to the winner...it was so close. Amazing amounts from 1 potato!!!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Great job! Guess how many I had making this video LOL

[@RobinGardens]

@@DigwellGreenfingers I bet you had a few......quite a feat of coordination too!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@RobinGardens More a case of "Chaos Theory" LOL

[@jamiesallotmentgarden]

Amazing to see some of the results from people. I hope I can take some of their info into next years competition, definitely sign me up it was fun to take part (even if I did rubbish ) 🤣 Thanks for taking the time to organise it all.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

I've taken on a few ideas too Jimmy. You're in!

[@donnastevens8832]

Loved listening to all the regional accents and blown away with all the reveals. Between pests and blight I never even got a chance to submit anything but would still love to be able to take part next year if given the chance. All the best and congrats to everyone who took part. You are all winners in my book. PS I did get as far as 6 chits yield 6 plants growing is small pots but that was about it for me. Hope weather is better for next year.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Glad you enjoyed it, Donna - a fantatic set of weight! As a club member - you are automatically in 🙂

[@donnastevens8832]

Thank you. I am going to only grow two varieties next year, and early like Charlotte, and whatever you pick for the challenge. Assuming that you pick a main crop or I will have to do a rethink. BTW how hard were Manitoba to source so I can maybe try again at some point.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@donnastevens8832 Manitou supplied by Bridgend Garden Cntre - 15 miles from you up the A92. And yes, the 2025 spud is a maincrop

[@nickthegardener.1120]

Just started watching Steve 😁👌👍

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

You are near the front of the reveals, Nick! 😂

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@DigwellGreenfingers hi Steve just finished. watching, wow for sure there were some amazing yields, congratulations to Robert again. Great news that the competition is on for next year, count me in again 👌. I think I need to go bigger for next year 🤣👍👌🥔💪

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

@@nickthegardener.1120 i think i need to pay more attention to katie 2 next year. Well done Nick mate 👍

[@nickthegardener.1120]

@@Jimmy.Plot.41.b thanks Jimmy I was hoping to beat my weight from last year and finish in the top 5, so I am very happy mate. You did great too, even though you said you neglected her. 😁👍👌🥔

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

@@nickthegardener.1120 Cheers Nick mate 👍

[@barryroberts6470]

Congratulations to everyone who entered. Steve well done for running the challenge, as for the name of the spud i must be losing my hearing as i didn't hear you say it, but looking in the description i find the Manitou spud which i haven't even heard of. Thanks again mate have a good week TC. Barry (The Wirral)

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Yep, losing it Barry. I talk about it in the first few minutes 😆

[@barryroberts6470]

@@DigwellGreenfingers Told you my hearing was going didn't i 😂😂

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@barryroberts6470 Speak up!

[@allotmentjoy]

What an excellent competition. Thank you for hosting it Steve 👍👍 I am absolutely awestruck, how many potatoes were grown from just one. Congratulations to the winner🏆. Sign me up for next year Steve 👍🥔🥔🥔🥔 Elaine 🌱🌱

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

You are in, Elaine! Always welcome 🙂

[@GordonjSmith1]

Stonking competition and what amazing results. OK there were a couple of less successful results (would have been more if I had taken part...) but I think everyone should be cheered for taking part. Bravo to all.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

It's all a learning curve 🙂I'm sure the lower yield entrants will be the ones higher up the table in 2025! Cheers buddy

[@billvalsallotments5915]

Brilliant results there Steve very impressive.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thanks , guys👍 They did very well this year!

[@NicsAllotment]

Well done everyone and a BIG congratulations to Robert 👏👏 . And thanks to Steve for holding the competition 👏👏. You can put my name down for next year Steve . All the best Nic 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Absolutely! You're in Nic 🙂

[@CoastalGardensNW]

Briliant and another great year realy enjoyed it thanks Steve I won't ruin it but congratulations to the winner look forward to next year and count me in for next year 100%

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Looking forward to it Duncan, you are always welcome!

[@annajones_007]

Fantastic SSPC Steve, well done Robert and everyone else👍

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Didn't they do well!

[@lindsaycarroll8086]

Not sure where I came in with my lowly 20kg but well done everyone I’m ready for 2025. Thanks Steve I had great fun

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

6th, on the scrolling table at the end, Lindsay. Very well done!

[@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172]

well done, robert. all i can say is WOW ! a fantastic attempt by everybody. i'm in for next year, steve.............brian

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Cheers Brian and you're in! Don't he do well?

[@amberdy12]

well organised 👋

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thanks so much, it means a lot 😊

[@idahogardengirl942]

AMAZING!!

[@robertmeakings9774]

Hi Steve Just looked at the wet and dry 😂😂😂

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

LOL

[@tomzyboddy9506]

well done everyone

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

They did well!

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

fantastic summary- interesting indeed - it had me stuck in the bath from beginning to the end 😂

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Hope it wasn't too cold LOL

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

@ no problem at all as i was topping up the hot water but the toes got wrinkled 🤣🤣🤣

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@StellasVegetablegardens Interesting fact for you. Do you know why our fingers and toes get all wrinkled when wet for a long time? Wrinkly fingers improve our grip on wet or submerged objects, working to channel away the water like the rain treads in car tyres. All part of our evolution!

[@StellasVegetablegardens]

@ wow I never knew that you love and you learn 🤣🤣🤣

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@StellasVegetablegardens See, not just a gardener LOL

[@idahogardengirl942]

Like #101. You had a successful competition!!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Allotment-of-the-Dead]

LOL, I'm a "must do better" grower!

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

It's all a learning curve, Jason LOL

[@Jimmy.Plot.41.b]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Tamsins_Potager]

I'm 10 minutes in and my money is on Duncan 😅

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

LOL

[@Tamsins_Potager]

@@DigwellGreenfingers 🤣 Well, I wasn't quite on the money, but it was a fun watch 🥰

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@Tamsins_Potager I was going to take your money, but I did not want to ruin it for you LOL

[@CoastalGardensNW]

@@DigwellGreenfingers next year is mine haha

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@CoastalGardensNW Join the queue LOL

[@Allotment-of-the-Dead]

Put me down Steve. Cheers.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

You're in buddy!

[@Nicktgrief]

why do we bother with buying loads of spuds ... we only need 3 or 4 🤣

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Don't forget, this was how it was done in the 1950s! People only bought a handful of seed potatoes and cut them up.