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Yellow potato leaves
gagspritch
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all. I've got quite a few potato plants but the leaves have started turning yellow and wilting. They are king Edwards and they were planted at the end of march. If the plants are infected will the potatoes still be edible? They're small but a usable size.
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Hi gagspritch.
I'm a complete novice here and growing potatos in bags for the first time this year. It was my belief that when the foliage turns yellow is a signal that the crop is ready. Internet says anything from 70-120 days to grow potatos.
Yeah I read that too but I think it's too early for king Edwards. It could be a fungal infection so I'm a bit weary.
Sounds like they are dying back because they are ready - how many weeks for your King Edwards - 12? They must have had 15 or 16....
My Epicure have taken forever, presumably due to the variable and often cool weather here in Scotland - supposed to be a really early variety, the last bag I harvested weren't quite ready and I notice that 1 of the 3 plants in the next bag is still not dying back so I'm tempted to wait a bit longer.
I think you can store spuds in the ground for a bit (someone here will tell me off if that's wrong!), so probably if you pull off any properly dead bits you can wait for the whole bag to be ready before harvesting - I don't think I can be accurate enough to harvest part of a bag!
Yep I will be harvesting my King Eddys over the weekend... I can't wait..