Comments on: List of Harvesting Times for Potatoes http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 22:47:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-6125 TopVeg Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:12:06 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-6125 Hi Careema You can certainly harvest most varieties of potatoes before the flowers appear. Time of harvest really depends on the size of the new potatoes. It is possible to scratch away some soil and have a little look - to see if they are big enough to eat. Click this link to watch a video about how to check the size of new potatoes: http://topveg.com/2007/05/21/are-my-early-potatoes-ready-to-harvest Early potatoes are usually ready about 12 weeks after planting - obviously depending on how warm & wet the weather has been. What variety are you growing? We may be able to let you know about the flowering of that variety. The important thing is to enjoy the experience of your first new potatoes. TopVeg Hi Careema

You can certainly harvest most varieties of potatoes before the flowers appear. Time of harvest really depends on the size of the new potatoes. It is possible to scratch away some soil and have a little look - to see if they are big enough to eat. Click this link to watch a video about how to check the size of new potatoes:
http://topveg.com/2007/05/21/are-my-early-potatoes-ready-to-harvest

Early potatoes are usually ready about 12 weeks after planting - obviously depending on how warm & wet the weather has been.

What variety are you growing? We may be able to let you know about the flowering of that variety.

The important thing is to enjoy the experience of your first new potatoes.

TopVeg

]]> By: Carmel http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-6124 Carmel Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:53:46 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-6124 Can anyone let me know if I can harvest early potatoes before the flowers appear? This is my first time to grow them and I really want to suceed. Thank you in advance. Can anyone let me know if I can harvest early potatoes before the flowers appear? This is my first time to grow them and I really want to suceed. Thank you in advance.

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-4524 TopVeg Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:59:59 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-4524 Jodi We grow Russet Burbank in the UK for chipping. We can buy Kennebec, & Yukon Gold, but I have not come across the Long Blue. Can't imagine what a blue potato would look like! TopVeg Jodi

We grow Russet Burbank in the UK for chipping. We can buy Kennebec, & Yukon Gold, but I have not come across the Long Blue. Can’t imagine what a blue potato would look like!
TopVeg

]]> By: jodi http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-4517 jodi Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:33:42 +0000 http://topveg.com/2008/02/09/list-of-harvesting-times-for-potatoes/#comment-4517 So interesting to see the different cultivars of potatoes you grow! I love the names, though the only one I recognize is Pink Fir Apple. My personal favourites are Kennebec, Long Blue (they're really blue) Yukon Gold, Russets...but I don't grow any at all. My husband's cousin grows 12-15 different cultivars every year, and we just buy potatoes from him. But he doesn't start planting until late April, and harvesting in late July---quite different from you! So interesting to see the different cultivars of potatoes you grow! I love the names, though the only one I recognize is Pink Fir Apple. My personal favourites are Kennebec, Long Blue (they’re really blue) Yukon Gold, Russets…but I don’t grow any at all. My husband’s cousin grows 12-15 different cultivars every year, and we just buy potatoes from him. But he doesn’t start planting until late April, and harvesting in late July—quite different from you!

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