On 1 July, 10:57, soup wrote:
* Was reading a thread on harvesting potatoes (think it was in here), and
someone was saying "since it was now flowering, will harvest in a couple
of months". *We want to harvest, re-plant, and harvest again at
Christmas however our (well his)[1] potato plants have not even flowered
yet[2]. *Does the panel think we can still have new potatoes at Christmas
or will it be a shop bought job? *We are sort of in Edinburgh but higher
up (Balerno)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balerno

*[1] *Son has an interest (understatement) in gardening, but because of
his needs (lots of attention, special school all that) Daddy and Mummy
have to do a lot of the planning/thinking for him, so although we say
'we' planted them they are really 'his' potatoes

[2] Photo of plants showing lots of foliage, but no flowers as yet
(though there are 'buds').http://www.sidtech.co.uk/iu/soup974024427063.jpg

No you dont have to wait for them to flower. I grew spuds here in Fife
for a couple of years in my mums back garden without any problem. I
simply stuck Maris Piper spuds in the compost and left them. The time
to harvest is when the shaws start to wilt and *die*.

....and you can't beat fresh spuds for taste - no matter HOW much the
supermarkets tell you that their produce is fresh, it comes nowhere
NEAR as your own spuds for taste. The ones in your photo aren't too
far away but I'd give them another couple of months yet.

McKevvy