King edwards and maris peers

I have been reading some of the posts regarding potatoes and dead heading them

do you wait till the flowers have opened then dead head them or deadhead before they flower also if dead heading how long do you leave them before you can dig them up :gnthb::gnthb:

 

I read it in this post John never heard of it either

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/potatoes-harvest-21866.html

 

I have read it can increase yield by 1 tonne per acre .... which is probably one tuber per plant

 

so its not worth doing :D

thanx Kristen

 

i read that forum to but i only grow first earlies for the flavour just 4 rows of 10 so it's not worth it for me,
Plus i have an old boy with a small holding just down the road from me and his king eddies are so cheap it's not worth cluttering my plot with them , i'de rather use the extra space for sorouting broccoli hope thishelps
micky

 

I never remove the flowers Cooky - and niether do the potato farmers round here.

I leave my potatoes until I see the top growth starting to die down then I know they're ready.

Hope you get a lovely crop.