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In message , Bob Hobden
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"Pete C" wrote ...
I just had to dig my first spuds today. About a dozen between 1" and
2".
Tasted fantastic!! How much longer will it be before they are , say 4"
normal spuds?

How longs a piece of string? Depends on rainfall/watering, variety,
soil...but,
I was always told 10 to 12 weeks for earlies.
14+ weeks for larger spuds.
When the hulms die back for keepers.
Seems to be about right.


I think "hulm" may be a typo. "Haulm" is the term for the green stems of
potatoes, peas, etc.
Sorry to show my ignorance, Bob. Are hulms the green tops? I've never
heard them called that before.
Oh right. Thank-you. Some of my leaves have been eaten by tiny slugs
which seem to be impervious to crushed egg shells or slug pellets. There
are only stems left. I hope this will not effect the potato growth.

If your plants have been denuded of leaves, they probably won't make much
headway below ground in future. Plus, slugs like the tubers, too. Perhaps
lifting sooner rather than later might be advisable?


Um. You may be right, especially as they are in a container as opposed
to in the ground. The peculiar thing is, it has only happened to a
couple of stems. The rest are fine. I shall let you know what happens
next.

Poked around at the bottom of the container (it has a little sliding
door to allow access - (only a thin, round plastic disc but it does the
trick) - just a huge amount of thin white roots atm. Didn't poke around
too much. I shall wait for a week or two and try again.
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June Hughes