[Flump]

I planted some arran pilot  about the middle of March but I'm not sure if they flower and I should wait to see them,or if they might be ready now,anyone know?

[DD.]

British Potato Council Variety Database to the rescue again!

http://varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Arran Pilot

They have blue/violet flowers, which shows they do indeed flower.

You could have the good old furtle!

[Kristen]

Arran Pilot are pretty quick in my experience, and you might have something at 8 weeks, but the soil would not have been very warm when they started off in mid March, so I think that will mean that they will take a bit longer than that.

I would say 10 weeks

[sonnycbr]

I planted my APs at about the same time, although I plant mine in containers. They flowered about two weeks ago and I emptied about 6 pots yesterday. They were lovely, very clean and taste delicious. There are, of course, lots of pea sized spuds but each 12" pot yielded about 20 to 30 edible ones. I would agree with a bit of a furtle but make sure you go well down as mine were mostly at the bottom of the pots. Good luck, and enjoy.

[Flump]

ok,furtling it is then!they haven't flowered but the foliage looks like it's starting to die off a bit.

[Kristen]

Is that under cover sonnycbr?  They'll obvious go quicker under cover in March than outdoors

I planted tubs or Arran Pilot in an unheated conservatory on 20 Feb, and our first harvest was 21-Apr which was a bit early, the ones a week later were spot on.

But the conservatory had not warmth to speak of, nor much light!, in the early weeks of course. The leaves broke the surface on 03-Mar. They came into the (also unheated!) utility corridor for the night when the forecast was that the Conservatory might be too cold for them)

Hence I think 10 weeks is more likely for an outdoor planting.

I grew them outdoors in 2009. Planted on 01-Apr and made a note that they were of good size for harvesting on 15-June having first tried some on 03-June and noted that they were rather small.

[heygrow]

My Aran Pilot were planted in March and been in flower for a week or so. I did dig a couple up at the week-end for a first taste and they were great, but will wait for flowers to finish before digging up the rest. A bit disapointed with the number from each plant as I only had 6 - 8 potatoes from each.