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when do i know potatoes ready to harvest

wilson1

By Wilson1

i put new otatoes that had gone to seed in a large tub they have grown tall and ready to flower,my question is when are they ready for lifting out? thank you nancy kelly


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after the plants died back and well after flowering unless you want the small new potatoes for salad.you could move a bit of soil near a plant and have a look and put the soil back afterwoulds

12 Jul, 2009

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