[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Evening all,

I planted my pentlands on 3rd April and they have not flowered and are only about 1 foot tall.

They look like they are a couple of weeks away from flowering, so I thought I'd dig a plant up as I was getting angry.

I found 1 spud. Yes, 1, and it was about the size of a 50p piece.

What did I do wrong?

My desiree's planted the same day, are about 3 foot tall and have been flowering for about 2-3 weeks.

Do flowers indicate potatoes?

[fatbelly]

I planted my PJ's on the 1st April and mine are only 8 inches high with no flowers.

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Strange, as others have said they are eating lovely bountiful crops......

[Beetie]

I have the same with mine. They went in the same time as my charlottes and king eds but they are much smaller and no flowers whereas the other two are now starting to get first flowers.

[fatbelly]

I have the same with mine. They went in the same time as my charlottes and king eds but they are much smaller and no flowers whereas the other two are now starting to get first flowers.

I set my Charlotte's at the same time as my PJ's & the Charlotte are twice as big and flowering

[JimB]

Evening all,

I planted my pentlands on 3rd April and they have not flowered and are only about 1 foot tall.

They look like they are a couple of weeks away from flowering, so I thought I'd dig a plant up as I was getting angry.

I found 1 spud. Yes, 1, and it was about the size of a 50p piece.

What did I do wrong?


My desiree's planted the same day, are about 3 foot tall and have been flowering for about 2-3 weeks.

Do flowers indicate potatoes?

Hi,
 Potatoes are late this year, I have only dug my Dunluce (planted in a large cloche end of Jan) now, earlies are supposed to be a twelve or fourteen week crop so you still have time to go!

Also the last thing, after blight you want on potatoes are flowers, they only hinder tubers swelling!

Cheers

[RJR_38]

Evening all,

I planted my pentlands on 3rd April and they have not flowered and are only about 1 foot tall.

They look like they are a couple of weeks away from flowering, so I thought I'd dig a plant up as I was getting angry.

I found 1 spud. Yes, 1, and it was about the size of a 50p piece.

What did I do wrong?


My desiree's planted the same day, are about 3 foot tall and have been flowering for about 2-3 weeks.

Do flowers indicate potatoes?

Hi,
 Potatoes are late this year, I have only dug my Dunluce (planted in a large cloche end of Jan) now, earlies are supposed to be a twelve or fourteen week crop so you still have time to go!

Also the last thing, after blight you want on potatoes are flowers, they only hinder tubers swelling!

Cheers

Oh really? I thought flowers were a good thing... Should I be digging up my earlies (Casablanca) soon then even though there are no flowers?

[RookieJim]

I put 2 sees spuds in a 25L plastic tub harvested the first lot this afternoon. However, it was only because the plant was yellowing.

I got enough spuds to feed my small family of three for 2 evening meals.

The other plants look healthy and are quite tall, but I don't want to harvest them yet in the hope of getting bigger spuds.

Jim

[Ema]

My PJs and Premier also look far off being ready to crop. One or 2 have started budding. They will be 100 days old on the 20ths July and that's when I'll dig a few up.

Other plot holders are already harvesting their 1st and they planted around the same time as me.

[DD.]

Evening all,

I planted my pentlands on 3rd April and they have not flowered and are only about 1 foot tall.

They look like they are a couple of weeks away from flowering, so I thought I'd dig a plant up as I was getting angry.

I found 1 spud. Yes, 1, and it was about the size of a 50p piece.

What did I do wrong?


My desiree's planted the same day, are about 3 foot tall and have been flowering for about 2-3 weeks.

Do flowers indicate potatoes?

Hi,
 Potatoes are late this year, I have only dug my Dunluce (planted in a large cloche end of Jan) now, earlies are supposed to be a twelve or fourteen week crop so you still have time to go!

Also the last thing, after blight you want on potatoes are flowers, they only hinder tubers swelling!

Cheers

Oh really? I thought flowers were a good thing... Should I be digging up my earlies (Casablanca) soon then even though there are no flowers?

Don't worry about the flowers, if they took that much energy from the plant to worry about, you'd see the farmers removing them!

Check what your spuds are doing by having a furtle. There's absolutely no point in digging them up if there's nothing there! Only dig what you can use in the short term, the others will be getting bigger day by day.

[Beetroot queen]

I the past years i removed flowers religiously until DD made his point about farmers and then i stopped wasting my time, i have to say there was no difference in the harvest so the flowers stay now 

[Rosehip]

I always go by the 12-14 week rule for earlies.Plot holder next door dug some of his up last weekend and they where marbles,but they are only in the ground 8 weeks that's to early to expect a good return.I dug up some Rockets I had in the tunnel for 14 weeks and it was a great crop.
The only time i take off flowers is when they turn in to little tomatoes as I think they take some growing from the potato.

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Is it worth having a furtle before the flowers appear?

Are flowers a sure indication of pots?

[arugula]

Not all varieties flower at all. Pentland javelin does, but is a late bulking up variety. You probably won't cause any damage by having a very gentle firkle, if you really can't wait.

[RJR_38]

I will have a look this weekend then carefully.
Stupidly I didn't write down when I planted them out so not sure how many weeks it has been. I think it was the 2nd week in April and chittung since Feb so that would make around 10-11 weeks. Furtling it is!