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Originally Posted by caascher2
Ok..My potatoes are just starting to get blooms on them. When do I harvest them? Do I wait until after the flowers die?
Growing potatoes is totally new to me.
Thanks for any guidance.
Carol
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Flowers means you are 2-4 weeks away from the main harvest. You can dig around for a few small potatoes if you want, or you can wait.
The plants may or may not die back. Mine didn't.
You can leave them in the ground for quite a while as long as the plants look healthy and there aren't torrential rainstorms which may cause the potatoes to rot. In Houston, we have to pick them by the end of May because I have heard that the heat can affect the flavor, plus we usually have drenching rainstorms in June.