The red onions have been harvested because the leaves were flopping over and the soil was very wet.
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The onions have been spread out in an open slatted box and left to dry in a very airy place. More information on harvesting onions and when to harvest onions can be found by clicking the link
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Cutting the green tops off potatoes has to be done if the leaves are still green at the start of October.
Potatoes will not store well if the potato leaves are still green and the potatoes are still
growing.
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cut-tops
Once the tops have been cut off, the potato skins will start to mature. This will take at least two weeks. The skin is mature when it cannot be scuffed off with the thumbnail. The potatoes will store right through the winter if the skins are mature.
It is important to cut the tops off the potatoes so that sufficient time is left for the skins to mature before the first frosts.
Start harvesting cauliflowers (Latin Name – Brassica Oleracea Botrytis) when the heads (the white curd) are firm.
cauliflower
If the individual florets making up the head are separating it is too late.
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It is best to begin cutting the first cauliflowers when the heads are still fairly small. This spreads the harvest out & prevents a glut of cauliflower.
Sharpe’s Express new potatoes have bulked up in the last 10 days, thanks to the rain.
new-potatoes
These potatoes are from one Sharpe’s Express plant and weighed exactly 1kg!!
early-potatoes
Click the link to see a video showing how to check if new potatoes are big enough to dig.
Harvesting Sharpe’s Express New Potatoes gives the gardener great pleasure!
The only way to tell if new potatoes are ready to dig is to have a look. It is possible to gently remove the soil from the side of the ridge, to have a look at the new tubers. If this is done carefully, the soil can be replaced without disturbing the potatoes, if they do not look big enough. They will keep growing, as long as they have not been broken off the white underground stem (stolon).
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When the onion foliage bends over and turns yellowy, it is almost time to
harvest onions. Leave them for two weeks, and then pull them on a dry
day.
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The bulbs must be mature if the harvested onions are going to be stored.
Leave the mature onions to dry and ripen, so that the skin becomes
shiny, before they are stored.
Click the link for more information on when to harvest onions.
pulled-onions
When the onion foliage bends over and turns yellowy, it is time to harvest onions.
Click this link to find out how to harvest & store onions.
pulled-onions
When the onion foliage bends over and turns yellowy, it is time to harvest onions.
Harvest carrots as soon as they are large enough to use. Pull a few up
to see how big they are. If the carrots are left in the ground to
mature, the leaves will start to die off, but mature carrots will not
taste as good as younger ones.
bunch-of-carrots
To harvest carrots:
* use a fork to loosen the soil at the side of the carrot – making
sure it does not touch the carrot
* hold on to the carrot foliage and pull
Do not wash carrots before putting them into store
It is possible to harvest fresh carrots nearly all year round by regularly sowing suitable varieties.
It is harvest time for the Medes Broad Beans
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The broad bean variety Medes was sown on 13 April, and harvested 28
July, giving a sowing to harvest interval of 102 days. This interval
could be reduced to 90 days, if, when 4 clusters of flowers are showing,
the remaining flower spikes are removed. This will induce earlier crops.
But it will bring all the beans together – which may not be desirable
for a small family. It is often better for the harvest to be spread out.
Pinching the later flowers out will also reduce yield, but will help to
reduce blackfly
Medes is a highly productive variety, producing medium sized pods 15cm (6in) long.
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Each Medes Broad Bean pod contains 5-6 white beans.
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The Medes beans are particularly sweet and creamy. Medes are recommended
for freezing, and were the variety used by Birds Eye.
The time to harvest broad beans
is when the pods have swollen and the shape of the bean can be seen through the pod, as is the case for the variety, Medes, now.
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