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when to harvest first earlies?
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Originally posted by Snadger View Post*Don't even THINK about replying Snadge*
Originally posted by SlugLobber View PostI had a jolly good furtling, but I only found tiny, tiny spuds.
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Originally posted by glut View Posthow deep should the potatoes be if there are any? I began to have a bit of a 'furtle' in the ground directly at the base of the plants and found nothing near the surface. I then got scared and stopped incase I did any damage!
My Swifts have been growing like mad over the past few weeks and have grown out of their bag, they've been a bit battered by the wind so I thought I'd better have a look, but couldn't find anything. Mine have been in since early March.
I've also got Vale's Emerald and Epicure which are fast catching up to the Swift.
Does anyone know if each of these varieties flower?
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Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View PostYou will find the biggest spuds towards the bottom of the tub - hence my suggestion of carefully removing the whole lot from the pot onto cardboard or plastic (take care not to damage the stems)
I might try again mid-week.
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My father in law reckons 14 weeks. I know some say 10 weeks for first earlies but I find I'd rather have a decent crop. What I secretly love is to leave a root or two of Charlotte till the last and make chips with the big ones. They make the most fabulous chips!Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I started my first earlies off in large flower buckets inside in Feb, then bunged them outside when they developed a crude form of sentience and tried to stage a coup to take over the conservatory. Yesterday I harvested the first of them and got enough to feed a family of four from one bucket.
Very nice they were too! Sadly, only two more buckets to go, but it was my first time with these and I was fairly impressed - most were actually the size of new potatoes you get from the shop!
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