For the first time ever I planted seed potatoes in their bed on 7 April this year. How do I do know when they are ready without digging up a plant and having a look?
hi Alexihen do you know the variety?
lbb
Good question, lbb - if they're Earlies, they should be ready now - at least for small portions.
Lucky old you being over there!
As said elsewhere, have a 'firkle' or dig one & re-plant if not ready.
Can't remember the variety. Have the label somewhere, but obviously somewhere safe! I shall have a firkle - never had one before, so that should be fun! I'll let you know.
if not the variety do you remember if they are
1st early
2nd early
or a main crop?
They have only been in a month the recomended time for first earlys is twelve weeks and that is for perfect growing conditions, mine have been in since mid feb and I dug the first root today the ground has been so cold nothing has grown.
Grub around and see whether there's anything there. I'm not planning to lift any for a few weeks yet.
It's just over two months now, and when or if it stops raining I'll put a fork gently into the ground and see what's happening. I have a feeling they were earlies but they were French so I'm not absolutely sure.
Use your fingers and have a scrape from the side to see if it's worth lifting. I lifted a pound of Sarpo Una from a plant on Tuesday. I think they went down a week or so before yours.
Robin
Have they flowered?
When they are in flower then it is time to try digging up plant.
Oh, forget flowers - firkle!! No inkling of flowers yet.
We've finished 2x15' rows of Swift & are well into the 2 rows of Lady Christi. Planted 11 March.
Sorry for the repeat!
No flowers on my Lady C's but had a couple of meals from them (3 plants dug up in total). The Marfonas are in flower but I won't be touching them for a month or so.
Even with watering a couple of times a week the soil is so dry underneath them!
Linda
I sowed on good friday, a firkle reveals my first earlies are in production. When the rain starts I'll be eating spuds with mint. Yummy.
I set my sprouted pentland javelins on March 17th and have been eating them since May 16th - I don't wait for flowers, I'd rather eat early and small because they come on so quickly once they get going.
I have been eating lady chrystal for a bout a week now yummy
me and my mate are well in to our lady christy s no sighn of flowers yet but proper tasty !!! n8r ;D
I've been eating rocket now for three weeks with flower, the Lady Christyl's not got any flower,I'm going to dig some more up tonight. :P ;D ;D ;D