king edward pots

i planted some around about 20th april. but they are flowering already. is this normal or. have they flowered to early.
thanks jon

ps and i hope all are enjoying the nice weather. even though its starting to rain here

 

Hi Jon,

Thats just about the right time, most of my maincrop are starting to flower now

 

thanks ziggy. ill leave em a bit longer then.

 

KE are main crop..so 16 weeks?

Planted 20th April till now gives around 9 weeks....so the question is do you lift after flowering, or when the haulms are dieing back?

Steve...

 

i pulled one of the plants and they wernt to bad, so pulled the lot. and got some nice ones. was going to leave them . but changed my mind lol. band planted some more roosters. i do have more inanother bed and some in compost bags, just cant wait to eat these ones. as they look nice. and clean,

 

I think I may have some rogue Edwards, Pipers, Queens, Desiree growing in my brassica bed this year! (I should have gone to specsavers before digging out the tatties last year?)

I'm just gonna let them do their own thing, I will dig them out once all the cauli and cabbage have done their bit, they don't seem to to mind some unorthodox "companion" planting, had some really nice cabbages and the caulis will be ready in a week or so.

I'll pull the spuds once the foliage has died back, all maincrop varieties, not grown from "seed" stock, so will benefit from extended time in the earth.......... Maincrops should be left in the soil 2 weeks after the haulms have died to let the skin "set"