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Seed potatoes mixed up!

derekpderekp Posts: 36
in Fruit & veg
I bought Casablanca and Charlotte seed potatoes. Yesterday my wife very helpfully put them in egg boxes to chit. However, she doesn’t know which tray are the Casablancas and which tray are the Charlottes. Is there of identifying which one is which?

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  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Chalotte are usually a slightly elongated oval shape, Casablanca are also said to be oval but I think they are rounder than Charlotte,  the only other difference is that charlotte are a creamy yellow colour , whereas Cassablanca are whiter.
    Hope that helps.
    AB Still learning

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    As long as she didn't mix them up in the egg boxes and you don't mx them up when planting, you'll be able to tell, surely, by which are the first to get to eating size.  Casablanca is a first early and will produce edible tubers before Charlotte which is a second early.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I agree with @Allotment Boy … Charlotte are quite a distinctive long oval shape compared with Casablanca which are rounder. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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