RE: Potatoes

Dear Suzanne,
 
It won't do any harm to scrape a little soil away with your hand and see how far on the crop is. If you really feel like it and you can risk losing one plant then dig one up. If they do start to appear above the ground then just earth them up and leave them for another week. The plant tends to tell you that they are ready, they begin to look tired when the crop is nearing readiness and there is nothing wrong with digging them up when they are on the small side. Here in the UK I've been digging up a steady crop of latish earlies for about three or four weeks. Remember green potatoes are poisonous, if you dig some up chuck them out. Also make sure you get all of the potatoes out, even the small ones as they will pop up year after year and give their own problems.
 
Cheers
 
George.
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SG Griffith [mailto:sggriffith@northsound.net]
Sent: 01 July 2003 19:10
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Potatoes

Does anyone else grow potatoes?

This is my first year, and I'm a little concerned about them. I planted them in a raised bed and heaped grassy mulch on them until I thought it would all fall off the bed if I put any more on. Now the plants are huge, and I'm wondering if the potatoes are going to appear above the ground?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Suzanne G. in Bremerton, WA
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