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Old 24-06-2010, 06:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default When to harvest early potatoes?



"Ian B" wrote
My earlies are flowering at the moment. I've no idea what varieties they
are- the ones that had "Nicola" on the bag have developed pink flowers and
according to the web they should be white. The others have white flowers,
but I'm really not sure what they are. I appreciate this isn't very
helpful.

Anyway, they all came from "new" potatoes so I at least presume they are
all meant to be earlies. But I'm sort of dithering about when to harvest
them. Should I take the plunge and dig up a plant now? Thing is, the
mystery pinks, there are only six plants, so I don't want to waste any.

Any advice gratefully appreciated.

According to the weather etc they should be ready 10 to 12 weeks after
planting. If you can't remember or didn't write it down try scraping the
earth from around one to see if there is anything worth digging up. That is
if you can scrape the soil away.

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Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK