I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell someone?

On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.


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On 24/06/17 17:06, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds
for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5
feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea
but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of
the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I
know. Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell
someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.


+1. I was going to look that up.

Yes i've lived in a potato farm, huge amounts of taters come out of
every acre.


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On Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:06:52 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cyprus with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.

HTF did you find that out?
At 20 tonnes to the lorry load that is only 7500 deliveries. Fancy them only supplying the Midlands and North Wales. I should buy more.

BTW what variety are Cyprus potatoes?

On 24-Jun-17 7:31 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:06:52 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cyprus with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.

HTF did you find that out?

Google.

At 20 tonnes to the lorry load that is only 7500 deliveries. Fancy them only supplying the Midlands and North Wales. I should buy more.

Of the 1.2 million tonnes of potatoes we imported last year, only 16,000
tonnes came from Cyprus. Imports are most likely to come from France,
Germany and the Netherlands, who are the three top exporters of potatoes
in the world.

BTW what variety are Cyprus potatoes?

http://www.frescacy.com/product/varieties


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On 24/06/17 19:31, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:06:52 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cyprus with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.

HTF did you find that out?

Google?



At 20 tonnes to the lorry load that is only 7500 deliveries. Fancy them only supplying the Midlands and North Wales. I should buy more.

BTW what variety are Cyprus potatoes?

http://www.frescacy.com/product/varieties

take your pick

UK produces about 6 million tonnes a year


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On 24/06/17 19:51, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 7:31 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
Imports are most likely to come from France,
Germany and the Netherlands, who are the three top exporters of potatoes
in the world.

For whom the CAP works wonders, just not the UK...odd that innit?

We grow rape instead for German biofuels..hahahaha



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Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:06:52 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cyprus with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.

HTF did you find that out?
At 20 tonnes to the lorry load that is only 7500 deliveries. Fancy them only supplying the Midlands and North Wales. I should buy more.

BTW what variety are Cyprus potatoes?


Probably rebranded Egyptian!

On Saturday, 24 June 2017 20:18:12 UTC+1, Capitol wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:06:52 UTC+1, Nightjar wrote:
On 24-Jun-17 3:30 PM, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cyprus with Texas? Should someone tell someone?


Potatoes are one of the highest yielding crops. Cyprus has over 6,000
hectares under potato cultivation and that produces over 150,000 tonnes
a year.

HTF did you find that out?
At 20 tonnes to the lorry load that is only 7500 deliveries. Fancy them only supplying the Midlands and North Wales. I should buy more.

BTW what variety are Cyprus potatoes?


Probably rebranded Egyptian!

I am surprised that we can't seem to get anything from North Africa.
All their pickers have probably emigrated. Just like the Polish picktaters now picking orders at British catalogue companies.
Rather them than me.

On Saturday, 24 June 2017 20:09:20 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
..hahahaha

hahahaha?
Seriously?

How long did you think about not posting hahahaha?

Please don't let me stop you doing it again... but...

I'd imagine they stagger the planting and get them all year around.

Brian

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I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for
every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet
between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it
seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common
market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know.
Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell someone?

On 24/06/2017 15:30, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5 feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I know. Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell someone?

What is this to do with DIY - stop this off topic posting as per group
charter

On 25-Jun-17 12:23 PM, rick wrote:
On 24/06/2017 15:30, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I wonder how big Cyprus would have to be to supply one sack of spuds
for every other greengrocer's in Britain?

Say you got a sack from (at a wild guess) 100 feet row and say 1.5
feet between rows. Say 12 spuds a week from each plant. I have no idea
but it seems to me a degree of fraud must be going on if the rest of
the common market also sells spuds from Cyprus.

They have been selling them since the start of summer as far as I
know. Maybe they are confusing Cypruss with Texas? Should someone tell
someone?

What is this to do with DIY

The OP is obviously wondering whether there is a profit to be made by
growing his own potatoes and rebranding them. Definitely a DIY project
there.


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