Potato Growing 2023

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  1. wiseowl

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    I tried it once early morning but the water was frozen in the watering can:heehee::heehee::heehee:
     
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      Good evening first ealies "Red Duke of York" coming along nicely:smile:

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        The Charlottes are getting a wriggle on.

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          First early Swift.
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            pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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            All I've got atm is loads of last years ones coming up all over the place, I must have missed lots of them last year.
            Its funny, but left to their own devices they grow like weeds.:roflol:
             
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              6 days after the last picture, those warm, wet days have really got the Charlottes growing.

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                Casablanca, this morning. seed potatoes planted 17-03-2023
                Next photos of them will be when we harvest, hopefully mid June when the trough will be used for Begonias and Dahlias....
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                  Good morning my first early "Red Duke Of York" potatoes nearly 6 ft tall now of course that's including the raised bed:heehee::heehee::heehee:

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                    How do we know when Earlies are ready to harvest ?
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                    When the flowers die off I think is normally considered that earlies are ready.
                     
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                      Some varieties don't always flower so it's worth a quick furtle to feel how the tubers are progressing. There will be small ones for sure on your flowering potatoes, worth eating now as a treat.
                       
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                        With fresh mint and butter.:biggrin:
                         
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                          Tested the first two plants, 90% still too small, another week or two and they'll be a better. Currently roasting them for dinner
                           
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                            Never heard of roasting new spuds.:smile:
                             
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                              Good evening no sign of any flowers on my Red Duke of York first earlies and now I have just found out that they very seldom flower so I could have been waiting until Christmas waiting with baited breath I think I shall stick to Roses:heehee::heehee::heehee:
                               
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