Anyone harvesting thier spuds yet?

[Philbasford]

Am going to have to harvest sum of my spuds this week!
a patch have been affected by blight, have sum really nice size spuds but sum of the beds have been badly affected by slug damage:(, think one bed more then others (not sure which variety), and today actually found a slug stuck in a spud!.  Wheres mr frog when you need him!

Is anyone else harvesting thiers yet ,and/or been affect by blight?

[Philbasford]

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

earlies and second earlies all up. Maincrop to be left for as long as possible. Much better crop than last year

[asbean]

ditto here - much better than last year,bumper crops of first and 2nd earlies. No sign of blight  :) :)

[Able]

Ditto here too. They were lovely. 1st time as well got on average 6 (?) spuds to a plant. I was well chuffed.

[keef]

Ive eaten half a row of earlies already - the rest need to be lifted now as the tops have died off... What i have dug so far have been really good.

[antipodes]

I am into the mid-season ones, they have been healthy and very tasty but I have been very disappointed with the yield, only a few spuds per plant, although the second earlies are a good size. All the earlies have already been eaten. The maincrop have not died down yet, although starting to, I will leave those till they disappear completely.
The patch was well manured so don't know what went wrong there. Might try a different plant source next year.

[Philbasford]

i would leave mine in longer but with the blight and slugs i dont think i have any choice, dug the affected beds and got some nice big desree, will leave the rest another few weeks

[tim]

Red Duke of York, Rooster, Vale's Emerald, Sceptre, Pentland Javelin, Lady Balfour eaten.

Mira & Markes lifted because of foliage damage.

PFA, Valor, Car & Axona still to come.

Despite ground like a building site, very productive all round.

[sawfish]

Digging up my second earlies now.

[Mr Smith]

Had no end of them in fact I'm feeding half of LE13 :)

[tonybloke]

the farmer down the road is harvesting his spuds!! ;)

[debster]

the earlies are up and gone the main are still doing their thing

[KittyKatt]

First Earlies (Rocket and Ulster Sceptre) eaten and enjoyed a long time ago! 2nd earlies (Wilja) dug up and being enjoyed. Main crop (King Edward, Picasso and PFA) dug up last weekend because the leaves had all got blight really badly, despite spraying with copper (must be the SW air, as everyone else's potatoes also have blight!) and top growth was dying back. Wilja gave a good crop, and are proving to be very good roasters! King Edwards gave a good crop with very little slug damage. Picasso were disappointing - smallish crop and very slug eaten, despite using the nematodes on several occasions. PFA gave a good crop too. I could probably have left them a bit longer, but what with the blight and the slugs I was worried about losing the lot, and didn't want to take the risk!
KK

[Squashman]

My Rocket and Kestral all finished several weeks ago, half way through my 16 rows of "Marfona", all so far have been good with no blight or slug damage. Cara and Pentland Crown still growing and again no sign of Blight. The Marfona are coming up huge, and heavy crop. Must be the climate down here in the South West.

[Dadnlad]

Arran Pilot and Winston already wolfed down ;D
Digging  2nd early salad Nicola now - superb taste 8)
Still got Charlotte, Kestral, Vales Emerald, Desiree, Sarpo Axona, and Cara to come ::)
No sign of blight yet ! :P  ;D ;D ;D

[KathrynH]

Tried Lady Christobel for the first time this year and very impressed. Have eaten loads of them and the rest are now stored. Also dug up a couple of Charlotte plants just to try them and they too have done well. Haven't touched the maincrop yet but the Pink Fir Apple that I also tried for the first time look as if they've been struck by blight so I think I might start to lift them at the weekend.

[sheddie]

My first earlies are up and eaten - lovely they were too - could have eaten them on their own!

Sheddie ;D

[hopalong]

Red Duke of York mostly harvested and eaten, except for some still growing in tubs. Charlotte still being harvested as required (bumper crop with some huge tubers). Maincrop (Desiree) ready to be lifted. Pink Fir Apple is still flowering and will be left a bit longer.  An excellent year for spuds.

[kitty]

firsts and seconds are just coming to the end-after last years disaster with blight
duke of york and arran-i think....
i am very pleased with the amount...but then...one potato would have pleased me!!
charlotte ,desiree and pfa to come tho i have snaffled a few ;D
kitty
xx

[Sparkly]

I think we have blight and will be chopping the tops off today!