[backpain]

Hi,

My early potatoes on the lottie look like they're starting to die. Some are going a bit yellow and droopy, the rest look healthy. I pulled one up and the yeild wasn't great.  Couple of medium sized ones and lots of small ones.  The flowers have all fallen off. I think they're foremost.

Have they cought something or are they just ready to eat.

I know it's probably a stupid question but when you don't know what you're doing you have to ask.
 :oops:
Cheers.

[Aidy]

Not a stupid question at all, thats why were here. It maybe that in your area you have not had a lot of water (rain) so thats why your yield is low. The ones that are yellow, have they flowerd? if so thats why, they have come to the end of their little lives, try digging up one of the healthier looking plants that are either in flower or about too, you may find that the yeild is better as the rain of late would help.

[backpain]

Cheers Aidy,

I would say it's been fairly dry in the midlands, but I have given them a sprinkle when they've look liked needing it. I would say most have flowered so I'm thinking maybe its time to eat them then.  I grew some in raised beds at home which got really leggy and we ate those through June, these were planted about 4 weeks after so they should be ready.

[backpain]

It's all ok, we dug some more plants up and the yeild is pretty good I'd say.  Off 4 plants we have enough spuds to last us a week.  How cool.

[love-my-plot]

Well done, backpain    

Same here, regarding low yeild of first row of spuds that I dug up ... I reckon it's defo to do with the lack of rain we had all of May & most of June. The ones at the plot had hardly any spuds but the ones I dug up from the garden (that got a good soaking every night) had LOADS of spuds! I got more off plants in the garden than off a whole row at the lottie  
It's been raining here lately so hopefully the next lot I dig up from the lottie will be better