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How do you know when potatoes are ready to be dug up from a garden?
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There is an easy way to determine if potatoes are ready for harvest without prematurely digging up the crop. The moment the plant begins flowering, it is unlikely any more or any larger potatoes will be produced.
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Dig the main crop of sweet potatoes around the time of the first frost in the fall. Early roots may be "robbed," starting in late summer, by digging into the side of the
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The "old boy" way down the allotment is wait for the plant to flower then die down. At this point, the potatoes underneath won't grow any bigger and are ready to come up
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They're ready to harvest once the tops of the plants die off. You can leave the potatoes in the ground for a few weeks longer as long as the ground is not wet.
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How to grow potatoes: Seed potatoes need to be bought early in the year. They should be stood upright, blunt end uppermost in old cardboard boxes or fruit boxes. Keep them in a light
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