[starcana]

well one plant is. Any idea why they're not flowering when they look very healthy and seem to have been in ages. Charolottes and Anyas.

[Rosemary]

Ours aren't either. Lack of water maybe?

[langdon]

neither is ours
im mad to have some tatties from the garden soon with our lush pork
from our ever formore remembered first pigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
langdon
p.s. bring on the flowers!

[Daveravey]

Mine aren't either, even though the greenery is about 3 1/2 foot tall

[doganjo]

Mine are the same

[Wizard]

Hell Dave how much nitrogen did you give them.Some spuds do not flower.I emptied a box of Red Duke of York on June the 5th there was a lot of Small ones and several as large as golf balls I was a bit disappointed there was just short of a kilo so I shouldn't grumble I paid £1.50p for 6 tubers and Boston's were £2.00p a kg on the market yesterday.so thats paid for the seed I couldn't get any Lady Crystl but Roy gave me 2 of his they look well.I shall give them a whirl next Sunday to have with the beef.Kidney beans are in flower As are the tomato plants.Roy's Raspberry's are covered in fruit Summers coming now

[Greenerlife]

Weird!  Looked at my spuds yesterday - no flowers - today loads of flowers!  Just takes a day!  Be patient.

[VSS]

I would think its still abit early for Charlotte and Anya as they are second rather than first earlies.

We've only just started digging and ours are all extra and first earlies. Give them a couple of weeks and pray for rain. Flowering is not always a reliable indicator of when spuds are ready to dig.

[doganjo]

My son gave me some potato seed tubers when they were on sale price at focus, so they would have been planted latish for their variety - I know one is desiree but can't remember the other one - when would they be ready?

[Greenerlife]

I never take any notice of what variety and when they are supposed to come up!  LOL.  I just wait until they "look right"    So technical

[VSS]

My son gave me some potato seed tubers when they were on sale price at focus, so they would have been planted latish for their variety - I know one is desiree but can't remember the other one - when would they be ready?

Desiree are a main crop so need a good bit of time in the ground for the crop to bulk up. I probaly wouldn't want to dig them 'till August. I usually reckon June for First earlies, july for Second earlies and August/September for main. The difficulty with growing maincrop is keeping them blight free until they are ready.

Have had such trouble with blight that I have given up growing anything except First earlies. All the books say they won't keep, but they keep much better than spuds that have been blighted.

[Wizard]

Main crop potato's are usually lifted in late September early October in Linc's.The New Boston potato's are in the shops now and have been a week and the asking price is £1.50p a Kilo.thats £1500 a metric tonne.I emptied out one of my boxes of Red Duke of York (First Early) Lots of damson size and 3/4 golf ball size total weight was just short of a kilo First weekend in June for Sunday lunch and very good they were to with a sprig of mint

[VSS]

I haven't got any mint

[northfifeduckling]

no flowers here either, maybe all is just late? 

[doganjo]

I haven't got any mint

  If you get some keep it in a pot or it will take over your whole plot!

no flowers here either, maybe all is just late?

  Yup, that's what I reckon.