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  1. Bear1

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    Hi
    I planted rooster potatos 3 weeks ago , I planted navan they have started to break soil already and I planted rooster potatos and I dug one up and it hasn't grown at all just has tiny white eyes, I had a few potatos left over the navans sprouted in the bag the roosters didn't, should I just dig up to rooster potatos our do they just take longer to start?
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I'd give them a chance its still early.
     
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      Think both those varieties are maincrop so won't be ready till August.
      As a rule of thumb potatoes are ready once they flower although not all varieties produce flowers every year.
      My early potatoes were planted mid March and should be ready late May.
       
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      Aye, give them a chance.
      Are they in the ground, pots etc ?
      Did you add fertiliser ? - seed potatoes are partial to some fish, blood and bone fertiliser.

      fish blood and bone - Bing
       
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