Potato Growing 2023

Nice haul, when did you plant them?

 

I planted mine outside 30th March but their first initial growth got destroyed by frost on April 25th.

I'm wondering if I should water them again, we have another scorcher of a week forecast

 

Tempted to empty the first early Swift, flowers formed, but thinking another week or two. Must resist.

 

My Potatoes grown in Pot Bags are suffering with the heat, some are all floppy, will have to cover them with dust sheets tomorrow.

 

Harvested some First early Casablancas today.
Not sure how the pinks sneaked in ???

 

No JWK, the compost is quite damp. They do get the Sun mostly all day.

 

My first few Swift Potatoes grown in bags. My daughter & Grandaughter won't eat them so I pick when needed. Happy days.

 

Some of my Maris Peer, pulled 7 weeks early due to the plants flopping and having a fungal infection.



And cooked this morning ready for a salad at lunchtime, which we have just scoffed, homegrown potatoes always taste so good.

 

I wonder if anyone feels the same?
You look at the Potato tops and think is there's any Potatoes there

 

I was thinking the very same @john558 considering it was quite early to be harvesting I was happy with what came out.

 

This is the fungal infection that I mentioned in my earlier post.







I was given some good advice on another forum that it looks like Septoria leaf spot which I agree with and to remove any infected stems and leaves.

But looking at how bad it is would you just cut your losses and remove the lot and hope you get a half decent harvest.

Plants are 11 weeks old, so 6 weeks short of the harvest date.