Potatoes but no flowers on the plant

[scarey55]

I have been wandering around my garden lately bemoaning the fact that my potato plants, although healthy looking, are short and haven't flowered. They should have flowered by now so I thought I'd have a (very technical term coming) furtle about and to my surprise there were about 6 perfectly formed potatoes!

I have checked on this and found that they don't necessarily have to flower to produce a crop.

Well I never! every day is a school day

[bearded bloke]

I noticed the flowers on my Kerr's Pink close fully in the evening,but my Maris Piper hardly close at all strange things spuds

[Bigmallly]

Yes, it's wierd isn't it Scarey?
We had a discussion a while back about this same topic:

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ers_79361.html

[scarey55]

Ah, thanks BM I knew there would be something about this but I didn't put the right thing in the search.

*toddles off to have a look

[bearded bloke]

An older shorter thread here ... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ers_18731.html