Spud flowers

fletcherbaker · « **on:** May 23, 2011, 15:50 »

Iv had flower buds come on my rocket potatoes planted 18th march but they keep dropping off without flowering any ideas!!

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2011, 15:52 »

Some potatoes do that - It's not a problem.

DD. · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2011, 15:57 »

As we've mentioned before, the British Potato Council Database is a useful source of info.

http://varieties.potato.org.uk/display_description.php?variety_name=Rocket

Frequency of berries: few - so the flowers will drop off.

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