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05-06-2007, 02:33 PM
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 flowering potatoes Hi everyone, I put a row of maincrop spuds in about a month ago and are now only about 6-10" out of the ground and they are flowering! Is this bad news? My spuds have always been very well grown before they flower, will I still get spuds from them? Many thanks Eden      |
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05-06-2007, 03:01 PM
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| Dig down and have a look...see if any sizable spuds say hello, if not cover them back up and wait a bit. I prefer not to leave them in the ground untill leaves die of because last time I did this I got more pest damage. Flowering or not didn't seem to make a difference to yield. |
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05-06-2007, 03:10 PM
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| No, It's not really bad news. Leave them in the ground until the leaves die down if you want pretty big spuds. However if you want smaller spuds have a dig down and see what there is  Last edited by Adam Fletcher; 05-06-2007 at 03:11 PM. |
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06-06-2007, 10:39 AM
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| Maincrop shouldn't produce spuds after just a month. It's no problem that they are producing flowers though. You usually wait for the haulm to die back before you dig up maincrops.
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