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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: FRUITFULL on May 26, 2009, 18:48

Title: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: FRUITFULL on May 26, 2009, 18:48

I have flowers on our Charlotte tatties does that mean they are ready to dig up? :D

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 26, 2009, 19:05

Quote from: FRUITFULL on May 26, 2009, 18:48

I have flowers on our Charlotte tatties does that mean they are ready to dig up? :D

So do i but when i had a furtle about i couldn't find any :( planted mine 17th March, when did you do yours Fruitfull?

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: sunshineband on May 26, 2009, 19:05

Maybe -- just test it out before digging up the whole plant. I'm leaving mine for another week just to be sure they are worth the dig  :nowink:

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: min200 on May 26, 2009, 19:24

My earlies have started flowering as well and I put them in about the same time.  Do the flowers mean its time to start digging them up then???????????????

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 26, 2009, 19:26

It's weird you know, they're supposed to be 2nd earlies but they are flowering before my Red Duke of York which are 1st earlies and all planted at same time ??? signed,  Confused of Ashford Kent :lol:

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: sunshineband on May 26, 2009, 19:31

Dig in and look under the ground --- all may become clear (or not, as the case might be  :unsure:)

Nothing is ever exactly as expected .........................

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: FRUITFULL on May 26, 2009, 20:31

i planted mine 14th March.
Going to wait until the weekend then have a tester.Cant wait  :D

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: Elcie on May 26, 2009, 20:56

It is so exciting!  Mine have flowers too.  I thought we had to wait until the flowers die?  Or is this not the case?

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: Mitsy on May 26, 2009, 21:05

Mine don't have flowers yet  :(

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: pumpkinpatch on May 26, 2009, 21:29

just dig one up if they are not good size or fully grown leave them for a week or so just like sunshineband said

Title: Re: Charlotte potatoes
Post by: sclarke624 on May 26, 2009, 23:55

My charlottes are also slightly further on than my white duke of york.  Charlotte flowers just opening, Duke of york still tight buds.  Both planted 12th March.