First spuds

[maz]

I had the first pickings tonight. They were very nice indeed   :P  but um..... tiny.  :(

They have been pathetic this year. Must be cos Ive let Petepod do most of the lottie work without me. I need to get interested in it again if I want to eat!  ;)

[maz]

[Merry Tiller]

You spend too much time on here ;)

[weedin project]

I had my first spud (note singular) a couple of weeks ago.  Tonight I pulled up 2x Charlotte plants and had more than enough for myself & Mrs Project.  Tomorrow we'll have home-grown Charlottes as well.

I noticed that my Jersey Royals are about to flower, so they'll be ready soon.

p.s. I planted them 2 weeks before Easter.

[Moggle]

I had my first spuds last weekend  ;D

3 plants worth came to 400gm  ::) ::)(almost half a pound??)

Rocket foliage looks a bit sad and droopy  :( But Concorde looking fabbarooni, and tubers are probably expanding by the minute with this rain  :D

[maz]

You spend too much time on here ;)

Ah Tiller thats because its my job to research and hubbys to graft.  ;D

[Merry Tiller]

Good plan, wouldn't work for me though, sadly my wife is only interested in the end product, not how I got there :'(

[Bambi.1]

I heard you harvest them soon as the flowers appear,is this true  ??? we only have a few,l think some are from last year,l think  ???

[Kepouros]

Bambi, this depends entirely on what type (i.e. early, second early, early maincrop, etc.) that you are growing.

Many earlies don`t flower properly anyway, but those earlies that do flower are generally about ready when they flower - the safest way to check is a careful excavation with the fingers into the soil at the side of the plants.

However, flowering in second earlies and maincrops is no indication.  I have advanced flower buds on both my second earlies, which will not be ready until the end of July, and my early maincrop, which will not be ready until at least mid August.