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Old 21-07-2009, 09:51 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default When can you start digging potatoes?

In message , coeur
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alan.holmes;850670 Wrote:
Some have flowers on and I don't know whether that is a sign!

Alan


Incorrect - wait 2 weeks approx AFTER top groth (hulm) wilts to allow
tubers to set and the skins harden slightly.


I believe the word is haulm .... i.e. the thing that wilts.
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