When do you harvest yours?

[Eve1]

I have maris peer potatoes in bags. they have been in 11 weeks. They are in flower and I had a furtle last weekend and found one ordinary sized potato. I am desperate to split the bag and see how many (if any) are in there! Would you say it's too early? The packet said 12 weeks.

Eve

[tootles]

I dug up all my spuds early last year - it was my first year and I was impatient too.
They were lovely but small. This year I am being good and waiting longer. My spuds are still lovely but will last longer because thay are bigger (and so go farther). Perhaps have a few and leave the rest to get a bit bigger.

[teakdesk]

This thread may help...

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ion_34657.html


Edit: Just re-read your post and it is for Maris Peer not Maris Piper - ooops



The British Potato Council has Maris Peer as second early so they could take up to 16 weeks to fully mature.

[SMS6]

I tend to just keep having a dig around in the bags and lifting potatoes as we need them. Until they really die down and then I'll empty the bag.