Guest Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 our spuds are flowering! one of the stems was broken so DH dug up a few of the spuds under that stem.... and we had them for lunch! DH thought it hilarious to pass me a tiny potato, neglecting to tell me it was boiling hot! He thought it was funny! I dropped it on the floor! Then I picked it up and ate it, waste not want not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Wow they look lovely Poet...........Some of the stems on mine have blown over and broken but they haven't flowered yet so I think I may leave them a little longer, but I can't wait to eat my first home grown spuds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Some of mine are flowering - white flowers, yours are purple! Lovely! What variety are they? They don't seem to have been in long enough yet though They were planted early April. Will they really have spuds under them now?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 as far as I know Snowy, if you want the small 'new potatoes' you pull them when they flower. For a bigger crop you wait til the stems have withered, after they've flowered. We got Kestrel Potatoes http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/product/zww5010/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I'm so jealous - we have Pink Fir Apple growing in big pots (with lots of chicken poo in them!) but they're not flowering yet! The lettuces are going great guns though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Are you sure it broke all by itself Poet? They look tasty. Fingers crossed for lots of lovely spuds this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Are you sure it broke all by itself Poet? They look tasty. Fingers crossed for lots of lovely spuds this year hmmmm, maybe there will be a high wind tonight and wouldn't it be awful if another one broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 We harvested some of our Aarron Pilot on Saturday and they were planted in the last week in March and are only just coming into flower, they were a similar size to those that Poet has shown us so if yours went in in early April it might be worth a look, but it is certainly worth making sure that they get enough water because they really start to swell when the flowers come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chili pepper Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Mine have just formed flower buds. But something is eating the leaves they are all holey - what is likely to eat potato leaves as I havent seen any bugs etc on them, could it be happening at night, they are in a big pot so I wouldn't of thought slugs/snails could get to them?? Oh those potatoes look lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 slugs can get anywhere...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Mine are in pots on gravel and the slugs have still had the bottom leaves They've also started on the bean leaves and the pigeons have had the very few peas we had on our potted plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAJ Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 pink fir apples are great - but they are a late main crop - usually harvested Sept/Oct and will store well over the winter - we were still eating last year's until Feb this year - fantastic salad potato. We have cara, pink fir apples, arran victory, king edwards & golden wonder - plus there must be another one because we have 6 types. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
