Our first potatos

Grubbed up the first of our Sprinters this afternoon. Very nice too with boiled ham and a touch of mint sauce.

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Nice one Dave, did you get them straight in the pan?

 

Lovely Dave,this is what it's all about

 

Lifted, washed and straight into the pan.

 

how do you know when to lift for new tatties

 

Dave, that is Astroturf in your picture - are you sure you grew those; looks like the faked moon landing pictures all over again.

 

Darn it. Discovered my fake

 

Best bet is to grub about and see how big they are. Some folk advocate waiting until flowering or until foliage starts to collapse.

 

our marfonas are just starting to flower but the pentland javlins arnt yet so ill leave them a god while yet

 

I think it best to start harvesting Earlies just before they flower, or as they flower, rather than waiting for them to put on maximum weight - depends if you have enough plants though. No sense paying for, inferior flavour, spuds from the Supermarket when you could be eating your own home grown ones, albeit at slightly reduced yield [by harvesting early].

Main crop need to stay-the-course to get max yield, but I don't take that view for Earlies.

 

I might go and rattle a few earlies in a while (if it stops raining ) and see what weve got

 

Nice one Dave W...Isn't it just a good feeling seeing that you have just grown those