No flowers?

[brownfingers]

99% of my spuds (kestrel) are showing no sign of flowers this year. The foliage looks as healthy as a very healthy person at a health club though. Any ideas?

[scarey55]

I sometimes don't have any flowers on my potato plants, they seem to put out flowers if they feel like it in my experience. I think there have been a couple of discussions on here about it before. I'll see if I can find them.

[noviceveggrower]

Hi.
Neither my kestrel or pentland javelin have had flowers on but still had quite a good crop from them. None of my first lot of main crop have either. I know just re read it and it sounds odd but I bought a load of main crop and got them planted then was allocated some more ground at allotment. This ground being unused for several years I got some more spuds and got them planted. Now they have flowers on them.
Have googled the question and it seems not all flower. It shouldn't affect the crop.

[scarey55]

Haven't been able to find anything conclusive I'm afraid, lots of people nip the flowers off to save energy going into the flower production so no flowers isn't a bad thing

This is about the most useful thread:
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...oes_34048.html

[Potstubsdustbins]

No flowers at all this year, it's just one of those things. Good harvest so far though.

[Bigmallly]

Likewise, only one plant has flowered out of about 100 seed potatoes.........saves me nipping them off as they serve no purpose to me.......

[Snadger]

Maybe flowering is being bred out of spuds as it just wastes the plants energy when tubers are what we are after? It would be seen as an undesirable trait by the geneticists