When to harvest early potatoes?
 

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.


Ian

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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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

When to harvest early potatoes?
 

Bob Hobden wrote:
"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.

Thanks Bob, I'll do that. It's been about twelve weeks.


Ian