A quick trip to the allotment tonight to harvest some new potatoes. This is the first time I’ve grown potatoes, and I was very excited to see what lay beneath the soil after 12wks of waiting. To my surprise they seemed pretty good. There were a lot of very small ones to start with but to my relief a few bigger ones appeared after a bit. From about 6 or 7 shoots I got 1.2Kg. They are currently in the pot ready to accompany a sausage stew. I haven’t worked out how much I need to harvest to cover the cost of the seed potatoes, either way its pretty cool eating our own tatties.
A question for any experienced potato growers. The leaves of the early (swift) potatoes are looking very pale and have some black spots on them. Is this blight? And should I cut the foliage off?
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