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deflowering potatoes?
I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says
she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? TIA Steve |
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deflowering potatoes?
"shazzbat" wrote in message ...
I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? TIA Steve I didn't see this, but the potatoes I grow on my allotment (Kestrels) never seem to produce more than the odd flower. I wait for the appearence of the flowers, as the books tell you to do, before I start looking for "new potatoes", and by the time I've convinced myself that there might be something there, they're massive! Any ideas why they don't flower, but crop heavily nonetheless? Dave Rogers |
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deflowering potatoes?
"David Rogers" wrote in reply to ... Steve who wrote I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? I didn't see this, but the potatoes I grow on my allotment (Kestrels) never seem to produce more than the odd flower. I wait for the appearence of the flowers, as the books tell you to do, before I start looking for "new potatoes", and by the time I've convinced myself that there might be something there, they're massive! Any ideas why they don't flower, but crop heavily nonetheless? First, Steve, we used to religiously remove all flowers on our spuds but one year were unable to and didn't see any change in the crop so we don't bother now, we just enjoy the flowers, it's fascinating how each variety has different coloured flowers. Now, David, we also grow the second early Kestrals and ours never flower much either, must be the variety. Personally we leave ours to die back like main crops and then dig and use them before the main crops are ready. -- Regards Bob in Runnymede, 17miles west of London, UK |
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deflowering potatoes?
"David Rogers" wrote in message om... "shazzbat" wrote in message ... I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? TIA Steve I didn't see this, but the potatoes I grow on my allotment (Kestrels) never seem to produce more than the odd flower. I wait for the appearence of the flowers, as the books tell you to do, before I start looking for "new potatoes", and by the time I've convinced myself that there might be something there, they're massive! Any ideas why they don't flower, but crop heavily nonetheless? Dave Rogers -------------------- Not all varieties are free-flowering. Some seldom flower and others can look like a field of snow. Fully mature leaves and a little searching at the side are the best methods of finding new potatoes. Regards Brian. |
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deflowering potatoes?
When I first saw the subject for this thread I thought that there was yet
another "Sex troll". I am sure that if removing the flowers, or preventing the potato plants from flowering then the commercial growers would be doing it one way or another, but they don't and to be honest, in all my years I have never heard of anyone doing it, not even for Show potatoes. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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deflowering potatoes?
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:24:54 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote: When I first saw the subject for this thread I thought that there was yet another "Sex troll". LOL Some of us may have done too :-) I am sure that if removing the flowers, or preventing the potato plants from flowering then the commercial growers would be doing it one way or another, but they don't and to be honest, in all my years I have never heard of anyone doing it, not even for Show potatoes. I think that was my answer 4 or 5 weeks ago, how long has this thread been running? -- Martin |
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deflowering potatoes?
"David Rogers" wrote in message om... "shazzbat" wrote in message ... I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? TIA Steve I didn't see this, but the potatoes I grow on my allotment (Kestrels) never seem to produce more than the odd flower. I wait for the appearence of the flowers, as the books tell you to do, before I start looking for "new potatoes", and by the time I've convinced myself that there might be something there, they're massive! Any ideas why they don't flower, but crop heavily nonetheless? Dave Rogers -------------------- Not all varieties are free-flowering. Some seldom flower and others can look like a field of snow. Fully mature leaves and a little searching at the side are the best methods of finding new potatoes. Regards Brian. |
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deflowering potatoes?
"David Rogers" wrote in message om... "shazzbat" wrote in message ... I had a mail from my sister today, who is not an allotmenteer, but she says she saw Mr Flowerdew advising the removal of the flowers on potato plants to improve the yield. Anyone see this? Tried it? Did it work? TIA Steve I didn't see this, but the potatoes I grow on my allotment (Kestrels) never seem to produce more than the odd flower. I wait for the appearence of the flowers, as the books tell you to do, before I start looking for "new potatoes", and by the time I've convinced myself that there might be something there, they're massive! Any ideas why they don't flower, but crop heavily nonetheless? Dave Rogers -------------------- Not all varieties are free-flowering. Some seldom flower and others can look like a field of snow. Fully mature leaves and a little searching at the side are the best methods of finding new potatoes. Regards Brian. |
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