[mumsflowerpot]

The foliage is now dying back indicating to me that they are ready for harvesting, but I don't recall them ever flowering - does anyone else grow them and is this normal?

My pink fir apple potatoes are only just starting to flower...

I know our season is a little behind here as we live 200m up.

[DD.]

Spuds are very variable in their flowering, nothing to worry about, just dig 'em up!

[fletch]

Hi, I posted about this a few days ago and I assumed it was blight? Mine never flowered either and now almost all the foliage has died back.

I harvested a few (I had some last night and they tasted great!)

I was advised to cut all the foliage down and harvest them all asap, which I haven't got round to doing yet.

Is your foliage dying naturally or does it look like blight? Here's a pic of mine.

[Christine]

It does look like blight that picture - compare with the pictures and information here

Sorry to be such a misery but it does look bad  :oops:

[DD.]

International Kidney are a first early spud, so the foliage SHOULD be dying back now.

[crowndale]

My international kidney spuds turned to mush with even the most gentle simmer, left with hard centres and mushy outers.  won't be growing them again, not impressed at all,  mind you the same thing happened to the anya and the king edwards.  i was told I had left the earlies in too long but for heavens sake, king edwards in too long?  They are hardly bigger than a ping pong ball most of them anyway!  mostly got blighted so had to dig them up.

[DD.]

International Kidney are the variety grown on Jersey as "Jersey Royals".

A lot of people are disappointed not to get spuds similar to these, but as the saying goes - "The answer lies in the soil". We've not been digging seaweed into ours for centuries.

(Climate helps as well!).

[fletch]

Hmmmm, does look like blight doesn't it?

Well, I won't be able to get up to my plot for a few days at the very least so they are going to have to stay like that I'm afraid.

The spuds I did harvest didn't look anything like those in those pics, they were pure white and clean, so maybe all is not lost.

[mumsflowerpot]

When it stops raining i'll go out and check the foliage again, it was a little brown - hope it's not blight!

Thanks for all the advice.

[cooperman]

if it is blight you end up witha soggy gooey mess in a matter of days, the plants do not just die back they dissolve!

A lot of the time it is not blight but just a general fungal attack thats usually sorted by a dose of bordeux mixture.......

well its worked for me most times

[Alex 98]

We had our international kidney in mid June, they were the first spuds we lifted. Vey nice, cooked well.

Charlottes have been the best. really good

Winstons turned to mush when cooked. And had some blackleg

Just started eating the Pink Firs, very good.

Alex

[DD.]

Charlottes have been the best. really good

Alex

I agree about the Charlottes, they were excellent when they were salad spuds, but I couldn't get them up fast enough to eat. Still digging them, but baking & roasting them, 20+ to a root. The shape of them makes them excellent "wedges" tossed in oil & herbs & thrown in the oven.