soooo???

**gegele** · 10-06-2009, 10:11 AM

some of you are going to think i'm totally obsessed LOL but did you harvest your potatoes yet???

i still don't know what to do as flower buds fell without flowering!!!

i really want to harvest today! if you done it, how did you do it? did you get much??

i'm sad i know but it's the first thing i ever grew!!

**MissTinkerbell** · 10-06-2009, 10:14 AM

Can't really help as don't know when you planted them or what type of potaoes you've planted - are they new potatoes?

Ours are flowering but my dad says they are not ready to dig up yet as have to wait until all flowers have fell off.

I'd just dig up one plant with a garden fork and see what you have. If you've not got many or they're not very big leave them for a few more weeks.

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 10:16 AM

mine havnt flowered, but was wanting to know what I was to do with them, the plants are so big they are almost leaning on the floor now

**gegele** · 10-06-2009, 10:16 AM

they're the potatoes from the competition thiny.i think we were supposed to take out the 6th but as i have flower problem i don't know what to do

LOOPYLISA · 10-06-2009, 10:17 AM

Ithought you were talking about farmtown on facebook then

Sorry can't help, but my lettue we have been growing are ready to pick

Not sure about all the other stuff

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 10:18 AM

I didnt even realise when we were supposed to harvest, guess we wil have to wait for someone else to come along. I wonder why I never got any flowers

**gegele** · 10-06-2009, 10:25 AM

st checked on the potatoes council website and they already have the winner...!!! so does i mean that i can surely ??? i think i'm going to do a bag and see what 's in if it's not good i'llleave the others a bit more

**gegele** · 10-06-2009, 10:27 AM

i had one flower 1day but the buds seems to all have fell off without opening!!!

i don't understand!!!

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 10:55 AM

oh guess I wasnt paying attention to dates of comp then

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 10:57 AM

so do you think we dig up now or wait for flowers?

**gegele** · 10-06-2009, 11:23 AM

i went in the garden, deytermined....it bucketed down!!!! so i take it as a message from up above...:not today josephine ah ah ah aha h

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 11:27 AM

better listen to the man who knows

**wellybelly** · 10-06-2009, 11:54 AM

All my vegetables have been attacked by slugs, i didnt wnat to put anything down (like pellets) as its a risk to the children. I wanted the kids to be able to take part in their care. All ruined now! I''ll try again .... one day!

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 12:40 PM

I have just had a nosey at mine and a little dig

, there are potatos there, they are about new potato size. the one I saw was like a small new potato. think I mat leave them a bit longer.

Can anyone remember when we planted them?

**manjay** · 10-06-2009, 12:51 PM

Don't dig them up if they haven't flowered! Be patient

. I didn't get freebie ones but I did chit and plant some at the same time as everyone else. My foliage is huge and flower buds have just started to appear but they are not ready yet. It depends on the variety as to how long they take from planting to harvesting (and the weather of course). I reckon mine will be another couple of weeks.

Wellybelly - you can get child/pet friendly slug pellets but we use the beer catcher! Mine looks like a frog and you fill the inside with beer (or sugar solution) and the slugs are attracted to it. Every morning I have to empty it before the mindees get here as I would hate for them to think of me as a slug killer

. None of my veggies have been attacked this year

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 01:04 PM

so how unfair is it of the competion people to have a winner when some of our crops arnt ready yet

**miffy** · 10-06-2009, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by jellytot

so how unfair is it of the competion people to have a winner when some of our crops arnt ready yet

They had a closing date for the competition so I suppose that's it.

They weren't to know that ours weren't ready

Miffy xx

**The Juggler** · 10-06-2009, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by jellytot

I have just had a nosey at mine and a little dig

, there are potatos there, they are about new potato size. the one I saw was like a small new potato. think I mat leave them a bit longer.

Can anyone remember when we planted them?

don't the potatoes starting peeping above ground when they are ready, like onions. I'm rubbish. I plant every year but apart from watering haven't really got a clue what I'm doing. Mine are just starting to flower now.

**jellytot** · 10-06-2009, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by miffy

They had a closing date for the competition so I suppose that's it.

They weren't to know that ours weren't ready

Miffy xx

but ours cant be the only ones that arnt ready surely

I want to have a sulk

.................

there over it now

**gegele** · 11-06-2009, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by jellytot

I have just had a nosey at mine and a little dig

, there are potatos there, they are about new potato size. the one I saw was like a small new potato. think I mat leave them a bit longer.

Can anyone remember when we planted them?

we planted them mid march. the winning school had 4 something kilo, thta's about 2pound of potatoes per bag so they can't be a big varieties!!

the thing is i don't see anymore flower buds so i don't think they'l ever flowerish more than that 1 flower!!!!

can please someone say " go on Gegele empty those bags" please