Higgs Boson wrote in
:

On Jun 18, 3:52*pm, Zootal wrote:
I have a 50 foot long bed of potatoes. They are growing well, but
they ha
ve
started to bloom. Is there any kind of a rule of thumb for how long
from blossoms to harvest? They have never bloomed so early in the
season befor
e.

Everything is FUBAR'd now, due to global warming. We had a tiny
rain in JUNE, which never happened before in the umpty years I've been
in So. Calif coastal. A definite rainy season, +- Nov to Mar, but
not after. Not any more!

(I know this doesn't answer your q. but not knowing your area...)

HB

LOL, global warming has really messed up our farming. Last year spring
and early summer was so cold and wet that some farmers didn't even bother
planting. We did not get any tomatoes or peppers or eggplants at all last
year. None!

This year, same thing, but I was prepared for it and started a hundred or
so toms/peppers/eggplants in larger pots indoors, and babied them for a
couple of months. Now it's July, the weather is still cold and wet but
finally not as cold and not as wet, and I'm getting ready to put the last
of the potted eggplants in the ground. Beans are half rotten because of
cold and rain, I'm going to try reseeding them, though it's a bit late in
the season.

Squash is growing like crazy, just now putting out second leaves, still
small and tender. Okra is just sitting there like I'm nuts for trying to
grow okra in cold mud (I probably am...).

Dang global warming anyhow...mankind just can't keep from screwing
everything up. Look at the ice age George Bush caused 50,000 years ago!
Dang republicans anyhow!