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I'm tempted to have an exploratory little firkle (what a lovely word) tomorrow, so I'll let you know what I find.  ;D

Hi Kepouros, instead of digging up the plant wouldn't it be easier to just firkle and take what spuds you need and cover back up with the soil, just a thought.  :-\     ???       ;D ;D ;D

If your ridges are like mine - about 15 inches wide at the base - you`ll be lucky to get near the ones in  the middle that way, and quite frankly I think you`d do far more damage to the tuber bearing stolons (which are far more brittle than a fibrous root) in trying than you would by carefully lifting the whole plant

Just remembered to check in on this post i have a small pot with one in so im going to give it a try with that one  ;D will let you know how i get on.

Thanks lucy

Well the outcome was FANTASTIC we had our very first home grown baby potatoes and they were the best i have ever tasted  ;D Even the kids  polished theirs off. Even had home grown mixed leaves and radish with our salad. Yummy

Bigs thumbs up now lets see how they get on now

;D

i had a firkle today in my bag and i can feel some aswell but will leave for another week or so as they all felt kinda small.

Looking for advice on when to harvest my earlies, and found this. Sounds very useful.

So I don't have to wait for them to flower? I planted Arran Pilot and Lady Christi on 30th March. So it's been 7 weeks.
They have good foliage growth but no flowers yet. How do I know when they are ready?

Annie, the answer is in the posts above.

Quote from: AnnieD on May 18, 2017, 13:35:47
Looking for advice on when to harvest my earlies, and found this. Sounds very useful.

So I don't have to wait for them to flower? I planted Arran Pilot and Lady Christi on 30th March. So it's been 7 weeks.
They have good foliage growth but no flowers yet. How do I know when they are ready?

Generally aim for 10 weeks from planting to start harvesting for 1st earlies. I think Arran Pilot normally flowers, though earlies do have more of a tendency to drop their flower buds. You can always gently have a little scrape away of the soil to see what is happening underneath, should give you a better idea on whether to replace the soil and wait a bit longer, or dig up.

OK thanks, will wait another 3 weeks then have a little look