How are everyones tatties doing?

[annie8]

Mine are fine And some flowering but only in 10 weeks so will wait for a bit. I usually just have a turtle and take a few before I harvest the plant.

[JoeDaStudd]

Slugs went to town on them, but they are looking great now now sign of flowers yet.
They were from a bag of 50p baby potatoes I found at the back of the cupboard sprouting so if anything comes out of them i'll be happy.

[monkeyboy]

Lots of green foliage.

how often should we be watering them in this heat?

[bramble]

Planted mine second week of March or there aboutsl
Foliage is beginning to down so I may dug a few over the weekend.
These are blue potatoes, gifted to me, so will be interesting to see how they do.

[ameno]

Lots of green foliage.

how often should we be watering them in this heat?

An occasional soak is best. Once a week, but a really good amount (maybe half a gallon per plant).

Planted mine second week of March or there aboutsl
Foliage is beginning to down so I may dug a few over the weekend.
These are blue potatoes, gifted to me, so will be interesting to see how they do.

I have five blue potato plants, too, planted from shop-bought potatoes. Violet Queen, they are called.
They're growing pretty well, although they're a bit weedy compared to the other varieties I'm growing, and also the slugs seem to absolutely love the foliage, far more than the others.

[Mr Bones]

We grew Purple Majesty for a couple of years, lovely tasting spuds but difficult to tell if any had been exposed to the light.

[burnie]

One of my plants looked a bit iffy, so I binned the tops and lifted some nice, if somewhat smallish bright red tatties, still no idea what they might be lol. Will be enough for 2 of us for a dinner.

[Snadger]

Well, I have plenty of Elfe main-crop spuds in and they are growing well and flowering, so I did lift a shye to see how they were. I now have a kilo of small tatties to go with the Sunday dinner.
I am quite pleased as hopefully these dozen or so small tatties bode well for a decent crop when mature. After all, Jersey Royals are a maincrop spud lifted early, that if left to grow make massive spuds. I tried this with International Kidney one year but once mature they became fairly tasteless.

[ameno]

Well, I have plenty of Elfe main-crop spuds in and they are growing well and flowering, so I did lift a shye to see how they were. I now have a kilo of small tatties to go with the Sunday dinner.
I am quite pleased as hopefully these dozen or so small tatties bode well for a decent crop when mature. After all, Jersey Royals are a maincrop spud lifted early, that if left to grow make massive spuds. I tried this with International Kidney one year but once mature they became fairly tasteless.

Mature International Kidney actually make pretty good roasters. They go more dry and fluffy when mature, so they crisp up well.
The yield isn't as good as a dedicated main crop, though.

[Shortie]

I wasn't going to grow tatties this year as they had been disappointing the past few years on the allotment, being burrowed into regardless of where I was planting them. This year, growing in the garden only and planting onto hard soil, I built some mid sized bed upwards. Maincrops went in just before lockdown as I took to the garden when our Easter holiday plans were cancelled.

The plants all looked really healthy until a week ago and suddenly they seem to be collapsing. Not in a soggy looking blight way, just..... flopped over?

I'm leaving them in situ as the stems and leaves are looking healthy still, but I may be harvesting mine soonish at this rate?

[ameno]

I wasn't going to grow tatties this year as they had been disappointing the past few years on the allotment, being burrowed into regardless of where I was planting them. This year, growing in the garden only and planting onto hard soil, I built some mid sized bed upwards. Maincrops went in just before lockdown as I took to the garden when our Easter holiday plans were cancelled.

The plants all looked really healthy until a week ago and suddenly they seem to be collapsing. Not in a soggy looking blight way, just..... flopped over?

I'm leaving them in situ as the stems and leaves are looking healthy still, but I may be harvesting mine soonish at this rate?

I wouldn't worry too much, as long as there are no signs of disease or of the stems having been eaten through.
Some potato varieties just collapse under their own weight once they reach a certain size, especially if there has been strong winds or heavy rain.
My Kestrel are like that; flopped over both sides of the mounds. They're still growing well, though, and I'm not worried about them.

[geepee]

I wouldn't worry too much, as long as there are no signs of disease or of the stems having been eaten through.
Some potato varieties just collapse under their own weight once they reach a certain size, especially if there has been strong winds or heavy rain.
My Kestrel are like that; flopped over both sides of the mounds. They're still growing well, though, and I'm not worried about them.

Most likely they need water ?
Igrow my 'Earlies ' in MFB's Rocket and Duke of York, Planted 08.04.20 11 wks and about 3/4 days ago. I couldnt resist a 'Firtle ' today and was ecstatic to find 10/12 hens egg size tubers in both 1x MFB Rocket and 1X MFB Duke of york......I have to say the Rocket is far better in taste though.

[Shortie]

Aaaaahhh, thanks ameno - I will stop worrying in that case

[Shortie]

Most likely they need water ?

I have a feeling they flopped after a heavy down fall last week, so hopefully they have enough? But that said, I will still keep an eye out for th soil drying (once this rain stops, hehe)

[Jungle Jane]

One of my plants looked a bit iffy, so I binned the tops and lifted some nice, if somewhat smallish bright red tatties, still no idea what they might be lol. Will be enough for 2 of us for a dinner.

I think I remember you saying you were growing rooster (because I like growing them,loads of people recommended them a while ago,I couldn’t find any this year though) it does sound like them,here’s a photo of some -