With a little over 2-months to go before the weigh-in and judging of the Thurrock Potato Challenge, I thought I would talk to some of the other competitors to find out how their crops are growing. Conveniently, Maree from IKEA was at the Learning Shop this morning attending the Social Enterprise Round Table event and after the meeting I was able to ask her if she was confident with plants. It seems that her plants are doing very well as a result of their coffee diet and she is half-way up the bag having topped a few times. Sadly, on the day when the seed potatoes and growing bag were delivered to her, Maree was at HQ in Sweden and as a result she didn't find them 'till a week after her return. Furthermore, when she found them they were a potato short which could clearly result in a decreased yield....
The next competitor that I spoke with was Dave from TRUP - the furniture recycling depot in Thurrock. Now Dave, in fairness, does wear glasses which could explain his boasting the other week that his plants were standing 6 inches and bushy. Either that or he is competitively fibbing in order to psyche the other teams out. Currently, we have a Knowledge Thurrock Innovation Associate undertaking a MarComs project at TRUP so I will be asking the Associate the true state of play but here at the Learning Shop, we aren't that bothered.
The other competitor I spoke with today was Richard, GM at the Park Inn, Thurrock. Richard is extremely busy at the moment as he is overseeing a huge £2.3m refurbishment of the venue and this perhaps explains why his crop are still chitting. Of course, it is a shame that he will be unable to take part in the yield competition but I suppose that there is still an opportunity for one of his wild-looking chits to enter into the Potato That Most Looks Like a Celebrity......
As for our plants, they are looking good and the seaweed and chicken diet seems to be working a treat.
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