potato flowers

[selwyn-smith]

I have planted a variety of potato called swift, they are meant to be ready by June. They were doing very nicely and then got caught by that frost, I was told don't worry it will just set them back a bit. Now here is the thing, my 1st,  2nd and main crops are begining to flower, but no sighn of flowers on the early early swift potato, do you need to have flowers befor you get potatoes? could I be digging them up now? Any info would be very welcome.
Thanks
Selwyn

[selwyn-smith]

[Sprout]

Not every type potato produces flowers.

[tim]

SS - Swift? '7 weeks from planting'. Frosted? Give them another 2 weeks?

Agree with Sprout - so, if you can't wait, put a finger in & check. You don't have to lift the whole plant to get a meal.

[tim]

Here's an idea. Colleen - planted 9/3 but frosted twice - just coming into flower - worth digging some small, even though quite a few are too small to use, rather than waiting till they are all baking size!

This is off 2 plants. The ground is rock hard & bone dry.

[osprey480]

Tim-they look mouth wateringly great-envious here.

[selwyn-smith]

O.K. I'm going to do an exploritory dig of one of my swift plants at the weekend, I'll let you know what I find.