Some people pick off the flowers for that reason but most of us leave well
alone

Robert The Devil's Advocate www.pafc.co.uk
"Cigfreed" wrote in message
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: "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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: It means, time to look and see if some potatoes are ready for
: eating..they shoud be, by now.
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: Janet
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: Thanks, Nick and Janet, for your words of wisdom (and lol, Nick).
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: My Mom thought that "all the energy that should be going into the potatoes
: will be spent on the flowers," so I tried looking it up on the net but I
: came up blank. I trust in your advice and will leave the pretty little
: flowers alone.
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: BTW, if I *did* dig up some, would they be new potato size?
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