Kenny Frisby’s spuds had the heaviest weight of 2044g. Johnny, his 8-year-old son, won biggest haul, with 50 potatoes. And Ian Wilkins had the heaviest spud, at 218g.
Forty-plus entrants were given one seed potato from the same batch and same-sized grow bag, for collection from November 5, with no rules on how you grew them, the soil you used or what you fed them.
Frisby — who was followed in his winning category by Johnny, his other son Freddy, 11, and partner Jodi Walters — says "the kids chose the soil to use and we all contributed to the watering and feeding".
As to their strategy, "all I can say is they were very well looked after, listened to a lot of reggae music and got plenty of Central Otago sun and a strategically-timed secret fertiliser".
