"jane" wrote in message
Another spud problem here - more of a quandary.

I've been growing International Kidney (aka Jerseys) and they are
described by T&M as Second Earlies. Every other seed supplier I looked at
said they were First Earlies.

Who should I believe and should I therefore dig when they flower or when
the foliage dies down?

They are also my first ever (deliberate*) homegrown spuds so I'm feeling
very unsure!

We always grew them as "Earlies", start digging approx. 12 weeks from
planting. If you leave it too long before you start cropping they will be
too big (and not "new") by the time you get to the end of the row.

We keep a note of the planting and planting out times and quantities of
everything we grow so it's easy for us.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.