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Pitiful potatoes

sueporter312002sueporter312002 Posts: 61
in Fruit & veg
This was not the crop of potatoes I was expecting, 😪 what happened, I did everything Monty Don said in the video. Help 🙈 
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  • sueporter312002sueporter312002 Posts: 61

  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286
    edited July 2020
    Is that it? Or were there lots of tiny ones? Let us know how long ago you planted them and the variety too.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Oooh!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Just that one, or did you get lots of small ones? I like small new potatoes so for me lots that size wouldn't be a problem. Could be too many seed potatoes in the bag, or not enough water, or maybe not enough depth of compost (it doesn't look as if it was filled to the top).

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Too early to tip them out yet. I had a feel down mums bags and they are still tiny.

  • sueporter312002sueporter312002 Posts: 61
    I planted 3 seed potatoes that had grown eyes or chitted in beginning of April. I kept filling bag covering foliage as instructed & lightly watered every day. Having felt around there are quite a few tiny pots, but I expected them to be much bigger. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    There's room for a bit more compost and you'll need decent watering to swell the tubers and a bit of patience.  It's not a hard and fast rule for all potato types but generally speaking the time to harvest is when they are in flower.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • sueporter312002sueporter312002 Posts: 61
    Ok thanks, I read that sometimes they won't flower so the time ti harvest is when the foliage is wilting, mine started to wilt but has now produced a flower. I'll water & wait a bit longer. Thanks
  • sueporter312002sueporter312002 Posts: 61
    Treeface said:
    That is a very cute potato!
    How many seed potatoes did you plant in that bag? It doesn't seem like the sturdiest one.
    I planted 3 as Monty Don said that's all you should put in a bag, as for the sturdiness, perhaps I should of used an empty compost bag as the green veg bag took quite some filling. Thanks  
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    If you want decent potatoes you have to give them space and soil or compost.  I would only try one in an old compost bag.    If you can't grow them in the ground, use a decent 60cm pot instead but frankly, I'd spend my time, energy and money on plants that give a better return - heritage tomato, strawberries, chillies.   Potatoes from the shops are easy to find and cheap whereas nothing beats the flavour of a freshly picked home grown tomato or strawberry or a particular variety of chilli that shops don't stock.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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