"Harold Walker" wrote in reply to
"Tim Challenger" ...

I've got Mimi, Nichola and Desiree growing well.
I've grown main crops before and I have them sussed: when the greenery
has
dies back.

The question is, when are first and second earlies ready to lift?
All I can gather is "after the flowers have faded". How long after? Do I
lift the 1st earlies then and just lift the seconds when I've eaten them
?
Any other indicators?


When the flowers have died down I stick my hand down in the soil and feel
around for some nice ones, enough for a couple of meals and then allow
the plants to continue their growth pattern...then repeat the process
until I get tired of that and then go full steam ahead....H
Well I couldn't push my fingers in our soil, it's clay/silt and it's hard to
push the fork in when the spuds are ready. We just dig one up after 13 weeks
and see and judge the rest from there.
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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London