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Any way of telling which potato variety I'm growing?

C3kC3k Posts: 130
in Fruit & veg
Hi all
My boys came home from gardening club with 3 seed potatoes each, around first week in Feb. Told to chit and plant out 4 weeks later, which we did. So I'd guess they are 'earlies', but is there any way of telling by the look or timing of growth or anything?

Thanks 

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  • C3kC3k Posts: 130

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Get them to ask at Gardening club what variety are they. No other way to tell.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    does it matter?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • C3kC3k Posts: 130
    I guess I thought it mattered to the harvest time of each variety, not to worry 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    It is impossible to tell, but once they have flowered they should be ready to harvest, just need to do a bit of exploratory poking at that stage...
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    It doesn't matter whether earlies or lates if they are for the dinner table wait until the flowers die back lift and cook. 
  • C3kC3k Posts: 130
    Thanks all
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