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SRT NEWS: HRH The Princess Royal came to see us today!
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HRH The Princess Royal came to see us today! Anne, the Princess Royal, helicoptered in to Henfaes Research Centre today to talk to SRT and to agricultural researchers in the School of Environment Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGY). She was accompanied by The Lord Lieutenant for Gwynedd the Vice Chancellor of Bangor University and The High Sheriff. Guests included representatives of the Welsh Government, DEFRA, NERC and Snowdonia National Park. I was too busy to take photos except the ones below.
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SRT NEWS: Welsh Government Minister visits the Trust
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Welsh Government Minister visits the Trust. Ister and Leader of the Assembly,. Jane Hutt, came to Henfaes Research Centre on Thursday with the CE of WEFO (Welsh European Funding Office) to find out how KESS (Knowledge, Economy Skills Studentships) have benefitted SRT and Bangor University. Guests were pleased to receive gifts of certified seed potatoes resistant to blight. The Minister said she would give some to her colleague, Deputy Minister for Food and Farming, Rebecca Evans AM.
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SRT NEWS: January 2014
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River Cottage HQ cook Sarpo - love them! I recently sent samples of 5 Sarpo varieties, grown here in N. Wales to RC's head chef Gelf Alderson. Here is his careful assessment. Sarpo potatoes – an evaluation at River Cottage HQ. For all varieties I boiled, mashed and chipped, the stand out two varieties were the Shona and the Axonas, these two would fit most needs of a commercial operation and would be the varieties I would be most interested in growing. Sarpo ‘Axona’. Really good chips hard to fault, ligh...
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SRT NEWS: Buying certified seed of Sarpo blight-resistant potatoes
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Buying certified seed of Sarpo blight-resistant potatoes. We are pleased to announce that @organicplantsuk are selling the whole range of our low-input potato varieties by mail order. Hurry while stocks last. They also sell a range of organically grown veg plants of the best varieties raised in peat-free. Compost for the gardener. HRH The Princess Royal came to see us today! Welsh Government Minister visits the Trust. Buying certified seed of Sarpo blight-resistant po.
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SRT NEWS: February 2014
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Crowdfunding success☺☺☺. We are delighted that our #SarpoCrowd have donated/loaned over £20,000 since December. Many thanks to our 152 backers, many of whom have tirelessly tweeted, retweeted and facebooked about our appeal. More good news. The A-team Foundation. Has awarded us a loan of £10,000 to match the first £10k of our buzzbnk fund. To make a current total of just over £30,500. The A-team Foundation supports environmentally responsible, food organisations like ours.
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SRT NEWS: October 2014
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A world food revolution - seawater-fed potatoes in the news. The Observer on Saturday heralded a breakthrough by a group from the Netherlands who are irrigating their potatoes with diluted seawater. Now why does that sound familiar. Oh I remember. In 2012 and 2011 we conducted trials to find out if seawater can control late blight of potato. And the result? Seawater treated pots yielded healthy potatoes whereas controls with tap water only, had a high proportion of blighted tubers.
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SRT NEWS: Plant Sarpo varieties now
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Plant Sarpo varieties now. The trouble with second cropping is that the shoots emerge at a time when late blight is likely to be at its peak. But if varieties have useful resistance, they can struggle through a blight attack and give a good crop of new potatoes in late September/October. Planting in large containers is a good idea as the plants can be moved to a sheltered location or into a cold greenhouse/polytunnel if the weather turns nasty or frosty. One litre pots with one seed potato in each. Exper...
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SRT NEWS: The Taste of New Potatoes
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The Taste of New Potatoes. It is that time of year again. If you got off to a good start with your potato planting this spring, you should now have new potatoes waiting to be dug up and savoured. Do you think it worthwhile to grow earlies for a treat in June or do you think it a waste of time and space, maybe because you think new potatoes are not very special to eat? Some varieties produce tasty new potatoes and other don't. Is there any truth in this? And what about Jersey Royals?
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SRT NEWS: June 2015
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The Taste of New Potatoes. It is that time of year again. If you got off to a good start with your potato planting this spring, you should now have new potatoes waiting to be dug up and savoured. Do you think it worthwhile to grow earlies for a treat in June or do you think it a waste of time and space, maybe because you think new potatoes are not very special to eat? Some varieties produce tasty new potatoes and other don't. Is there any truth in this? And what about Jersey Royals?