Potatoes

alsogran

this is my first year growing potatoes, some of them have bunches of green balls about the size of tomatoes. Is this ok? when are my potatoes ready to pick - the flowers have all died on them now.

janibrown

Its my 1st year of potatoes too and I was not sure when to harvest but I had a rumage in the soil with my hands and managed to find around 10 good sized potatoes the size of tennis balls, I am sure there is loads more but just digging them up as I need them
Hope this helps you
Jani xxx

Farway

alsogran wrote: »

this is my first year growing potatoes, some of them have bunches of green balls about the size of tomatoes. Is this ok? when are my potatoes ready to pick - the flowers have all died on them now.

The green balls are seeds, they are poisonous, do not eat them

They look like green tomatoes because potato & tomato are the same plant group, which is why thye both get blight.

The Holy Grail of plant breeders is to combine both plants, with spuds on the roots, toms on the tops

You do not "pick" potatoes, they are under the ground, you harvest by digging them up

Try it with one plant first to see waht sort of yield you have. You could try scraping some of the soil away to check size of spuds

VinceNoir

Farway wrote: »

The green balls are seeds, they are poisonous, do not eat them

They look like green tomatoes because potato & tomato are the same plant group, which is why thye both get blight.

The Holy Grail of plant breeders is to combine both plants, with spuds on the roots, toms on the tops

You do not "pick" potatoes, they are under the ground, you harvest by digging them up

Try it with one plant first to see waht sort of yield you have. You could try scraping some of the soil away to check size of spuds

Is this possible?

alsogran

thanks, will dig out some of the potatoes to see how big they are and get rid of the poisonous balls

Zazen999

VinceNoir wrote: »

Is this possible?

Yes it is.

serena

Possible - yes.

Heavy cropping?

No.