I honestly love potato flowers, i think they are just so nice to look at. i dont cut them off i enjoy them! lol

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you

Beautiful perennial flower bed Ivan, thanks for the tip on pinching, out the potato flowers. Thanks for all the advice and tips you are passing on.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you for that Sheila much appreciated

I think it would be an fun project to grow potatoes from seeds. You might get some interesting hybridisation.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Very true Thank you Brian

Oo mini shoutout! a good education lesson. Thanks Ivan!

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Yes sorry i did not mention your name as it sounded weird saying the Godfather no matter how many times i tried Thank you for the question

@TheGodfatherUk

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@@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk haha. I'm happy for you to just say Spencer 😂

Great tip . I grow potatoes 🥔 in containers and in the ground and have never cut the flowers 💐 off. But wil do so from now on. Many thanks Tim 😊

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Brill Thank you Tim

Thanks for the good advice Ivan something else I learned today thanks to your good self my friend 🤝

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you much appreciated

Ohhh 🤔 and there was me thinking how wonderful they were 😂 Thank you Ivan 👍

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Donna

Thanks for that advice Ivan. My first earlies have hardly flowered this year but had good crops.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Brill Thank you Edwina

Thanks Ivan, for this very informative and very interesting vlog. Take care and all the best. Stevie

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Stevie

Great vlog! I Learned a New thing Aboutaleb potatoas!!

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Conny

Hi Ivan, thank you so much for answering my question (again!), in more detail. First time growing potatoes and got tiny flowers starting to pop up on my second early maris peer potatoes. Looking good so far, just need to trim off the flowers as soon as they bud. Fingers crossed for a nice big harvest 🤞🏽

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Great Thank you

Your flower bed is beautiful.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you! 😊

Hello Ivan, I have 5 containers of German Butterball and 5 containers of store bought russets that were sprouting in the bag growing very well now. I'm seeing some flower buds starting on the russets so I might cut them off and see what happens. I also have two containers of TPS Yukon gold growing as an experiment. I'm taking part in an experiment on another KZread channel with the butterball where I'll remove the flowers in two containers and leave them on two. At the harvest I'll weigh all the containers and report the difference if any. It'll be interesting.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Sounds like a good experiment thank you Kevin

I noticed little buds on my potatoes yesterday! Thank you so much for the advice because as you know I am clueless and learning as I go along 😅 xx

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Steph

@stephyclaws

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@@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk you're very welcome xx *edit because I can't spell 😂

Great tip I didn't know that my main crop are flowering so will take them off! Thankyou

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Emma

great advise 👍👍👍👍👍

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Thank you Ryan

If they are going to be de-flowered, surely it would be better to nip them as soon as you see them form. I've tried a side by side for my own curiosity on a cpl. Chopped flowers off 1 but left the other and chopped off any new buds off 1 newly flowering plant and left the other. Cheers Ivan! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Yes thats true i left them on to show how big the flowers get and as there is always more than one per plant it is taking a lot of energy to create and maintain them Thank you Leigh

Hi Ivan If I grow the little berries on the top , mashed/fermented the berries , do the seeds need drying out first? Also when can they be planted? Think I’ll try this with one pink fur apple potato plant.. Also Epsom salts, only ones I could find are bathing ones so put a pinch in water to water the broad beans, would this do any damage? Only today I found the Westlands salts- would they work the same?

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Epson salt is fine as long as it is unscented Yes the seeds need to be dried out Thank you Samantha

Oh yeah I will get those flowers right off. I have been doing, but with a toddler I will make double sure.

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Great Thank you Charlotte

Areet Ivan quick question: how do you know when to harvest gherkins? Ive got one that looks ready but i can’t tell when’s best to pick off Also love how informative your vids are TOP man! And all the from Newcastle Upon Tyne Cheers

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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If you are harvesting pickling cucumbers to make sweet pickles or gherkins, harvest them when they are about two to three inches long Thank you Andrew

Hi Ivan.. Sorry if this question sounds a bit thick, but this yr is first time ever I've grown anything.. How do you know/whats the difference between a 1st Earliy's 2nd Early's. Is it the difference between your 1st & 2nd planting. Thankyou

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Yes 1st early go in march to april and take 12-15 weeks 2nd early go in april to may and take around 17 weeks and maincrop go in last and are harvested when the plants have completely died back Thank you Debz

@Not.Two.nonduality001

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@@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk I planted my potatoes in containers in mid March. No flowers appearing on any of them as yet. Is it right to wait until they have flowered before harvesting? Thanks Ivan.

Can the flower seed balls be used for anything?

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Just seed saving as they are poisonous Thank you

Hi Ivan.. Just noticed this morning one of my potatoe tubs has a bit of leaf blight (looks like dots) I'm going to harvest the pot but if the potatoes look & feel OK will they be OK to eat... Thankyou

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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yes if still firm they will be fine Thank you

Thunder and lightening here. Hope you escape it!

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Me too Thank you Charlotte

Do you know what would eat them as my flower tops keep getten eaten

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Not sure on that but they are saving you a job at the same time Thank you Carol

If you remove the flowers, does the plant think its still growing rather than coming to the end? Xx

@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk

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Yes to some degree but the energy will go into making bigger potatoes at the same time Thank you steph

@stephyclaws

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@@ivans-gardening-allotment-uk Fab!thank you!!xx