"shopgirl771" wrote in message
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ive tried growing potatoes in a planter for the first time and im under
the impression i harvest once the plants flower. however, im getting
abit of a jungle thats struggling to stand up in the planter and ive
hilled to the top of the planter already.

ive not had any flowers yet so ive not harvested.

do i just need to be patient or should i be doing something?

If you harves tyour potatoes when the tops are still gree, then the
potatoes are called 'new potatoes'. If you harvest then when the tops are
dead, then these are just potatoes (I think the term for them is main crop
potatoes but have forgotten such niceties)