Usually we are digging and eating our homegrown new potatoes 🥔 by the end of May.
Yesterday when weeding I unearthed a few potatoes 🥔 from under a flowering potato plant.
To my disappointment they are far too small to harvest yet.
They have obviously not had enough rain or water when I watered them during the very dry spell.
We will just have to wait or take the frozen 🍟 out of the freezer 🤔.
It's a bit of a worry, I have 4 bags of spuds, two are tall and beginning to flower, the others are a few weeks behind. Not planning to dig any for a few more weeks.
ReplyDeleteI think they need plenty of watering now they are flowering and forming tubers. I have read that you should wait for the flowers to fade before digging the new potatoes to harvest. I hope mine don't get blight. There have been recent blight warnings ⚠️
ReplyDeleteNo flowers yet on ours. Hope they get a move on.
ReplyDeleteSo do I JayCee. Everything's been early to flower in the garden except the potatoes. We want them now before it gets Scorchio and we are saying: " Is it hot or is it me" and: " It's too hot for potatoes".
DeleteA gardener Dave without potatoes? Noooo! I'm sure your green fingers will perform magic. Soon you'll be blogging about tantalizing new spuds
ReplyDeleteI know Linda. I will soon doing my annual new spudatoes blogs complete with photos of Solanum Tuberosums.😊
ReplyDeleteI loved a local farmers advice about sowing potatoes in my allotment
ReplyDeletePlant them when you can sit on the ground with a bare bum without flinching
Good advice. But a bit draughty.
DeleteAs an alternative to potatoes, may I ask if you are growing any pasta this year?
ReplyDeleteSpaghetti plants don't like the Irish climate.
DeleteHave you tried green tagliatelle? You might have more success with that. Plant in open well-drained land in early June and harvest in September. By the way, how are your pizzas doing?
DeleteNo. If you put Indian pizza in my blog search you will see a pizza post with a couple of variations on traditional pizzas YP. I thought Salford Van Hire was a Dutch striker.😅
DeleteOn the allotments most people took the flowers off so that the plants could concentrate their energy on the tubers
ReplyDeleteGood idea. I have never thought of doing that.
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