charlotte & pentland javlin

mine have a flower,,but  , i dug a root yesturday an there very small..so not ready yet

thanks people
no hard set rules then?

I've got charlotte: Second early and should be 12 weeks. BUT they took 7 weeks to show!
Locally everything is 5 weeks behind, including the clover because the pigeons whizzed my brassicas.
I have been told that Cheshire potatoes are in the shops at £3 a kilo.
Could be another 3/4 weeks yet.

Not all varieties produce flowers and those that do can be erratic so flowering is not always a useful indicator. I tend to work on weeks from planting but even that has been thrown by the awful spring we've had this year. Mum's advice is the best...have a furtle under soil and see if you can find any potatoes. If not, leave them.

I do envy you all, and all this talk of how far on your potatoes are.

I will be planting potatoes today. Nadine and Stemster, but only after a few hours double digging to prepare the grouind.

If you do that uou never get the 'new-potato-taste' of the small first earlies, though 

I've got charlotte: Second early and should be 12 weeks. BUT they took 7 weeks to show!
Locally everything is 5 weeks behind, including the clover because the pigeons whizzed my brassicas.
I have been told that Cheshire potatoes are in the shops at £3 a kilo.
Could be another 3/4 weeks yet.

My PJ 1st Earlies took 7 weeks to show and only now at the 10 week stage they are 6 inches high.
I live in Cheshire & none of the shops have 'Cheshire's' in yet.

I think that when they do come out in the shop's there will be a glut all ready at one time.