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Mozie
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 Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: When are potatoes ready? |
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How do you tell if potatoes are ready to dig up? I have one bush which
has started to flower, is that an indicator? Thanks
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George.com
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: When are potatoes ready? |
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"Dwayne" <jenco@st-tel.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I wait until they bush starts to die back and turns brown.
Dwayne
"Mozie" <Mozie.2iedjz@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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How do you tell if potatoes are ready to dig up? I have one bush which
has started to flower, is that an indicator? Thanks
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new potatos 3-4 weeks after flowering, when the lower leaves have started
turning yellow. Main crop potatos harvested when the leaves and stalks have
withered and died.
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Dwayne
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: Re: When are potatoes ready? |
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I wait until they bush starts to die back and turns brown.
Dwayne
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How do you tell if potatoes are ready to dig up? I have one bush which
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Mozie
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| Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: When are potatoes ready? |
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Thanks Dwayne. I planted them around the 13th October, so they are
almost 8 weeks old. Approx how long do your plants take from
germination to harvest? Thanks again
Mozie
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Dwayne
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: When are potatoes ready? |
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I don't remember for sure, but I plant them right after the last expected
frost date (Apr or May), and it seems like I have to wait until sometime in
August or early Sept before we dug them.
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How do you tell if potatoes are ready to dig up? I have one bush which
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John Savage
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: Re: When are potatoes ready? |
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| Quote: | "Mozie" <Mozie.2iedjz@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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How do you tell if potatoes are ready to dig up? I have one bush which
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No. Flowers appear way before the potato tubers have developed any size.
You can wait until the bushes have died down and turned brown, the spuds
won't be getting any bigger after that. But there is nothing stopping
you from scratching around the base of a plant to see what size the crop
is, just take care not to damage the tiny taters. If you are in a wet
climate it would be wise to harvest your crop before the plants die down,
to make sure the spuds don't have a chance to rot in the damp ground.
If you haven't planted the seed potato real deep you will see the ground
swell and new potatoes become exposed to the sun. If this happens, cover
them with more soil or the exposed ones will turn green and be inedible.
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