Lift all early spuds at once?

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Lift all early spuds at once?
« on: June 10, 2014, 18:31 »
I'm at the plot now and harvested one row of lovely Casablanca new potatoes. Is it normal practice to lift all the rows at once, or shall I wait til I've eaten these ones?

I don't them to get to big in case they lose their flavour.

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Re: Lift all early spuds at once?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2014, 18:49 »
I only lift first earlies as and when I need them, because the taste is better when they're fresh, and the skins don't 'set' on the potatoes, making them easy to scrape, or just wash then cook them. The only first earlies I've ever grown that got too large before I could use them were Rocket. They were lovely and early, but rapidly grew to the size of small boulders.

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Re: Lift all early spuds at once?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2014, 18:57 »
I only lift first earlies as and when I need them, because the taste is better when they're fresh, and the skins don't 'set' on the potatoes, making them easy to scrape, or just wash then cook them. The only first earlies I've ever grown that got too large before I could use them were Rocket. They were lovely and early, but rapidly grew to the size of small boulders.

I agree about the Rockets, especially if they get any rain between being large enough to harvest and when you actually dig them  :lol:
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