Reach your hand into the soil and feel around - if you can feel potatoes the size of hen's eggs then they're ready
Aren't first earlies ready 12 weeks after planting?
I did a test dig on our first earlies, which started to flower a couple of weeks back, but there wasn't much down there, but there was a root with lots of little tiny baby potatoes on, so I think I dug too early. Will try again at the end of June.
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Reach your hand into the soil and feel around - if you can feel potatoes the size of hen's eggs then they're ready
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aren't first earlies ready 12 weeks after planting?
I did a test dig on our first earlies, which started to flower a couple of weeks back, but there wasn't much down there, but there was a root with lots of little tiny baby potatoes on, so I think I dug too early. Will try again at the end of June.