[Poolman]

Hey all, just reading up on dates and expected pulling time, this site states I should pull when see flowers any thoughts

http://www.sowvegetables.co.uk/red_duke_seed_potato.htm

[mumofstig]

This year seems to have encouraged flowering, but not necessarily plumped up the tubers.
If yours have been growing for 10 or more weeks - have a furtle in the soil under the haulms and see if they are worth digging yet, mine weren't after 12 weeks  


this thread is about the same thing
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=95523.msg1061656#msg1061656

[Poolman]

They are at about 9 weeks, I had a furtle but not alot I can feel to be honest - sadly I lost a few stems due to the wind.

Best just hope & pray, I was under the assumption of leave for 12 (ish) weeks and then have a furtle / pull of the first bag - just the link about flowers through me off as all my pots have flowers

thanks for the advice

[rachelsco]

hi poolman, my red dukes went in very early march, and are just starting to show flowers, so i dug one up the other day, and the potatoes were so small that i quickly replanted it. very dissapointed, also fed up of buying shop spuds when this time last year i was eating my own allotment ones.  i shall give them another week and then have another furtle.