I planted potatos for the first time this year. How do you determine when the potatos are ripe and ready to be eaten?
2006-06-19 04:25:54 · 10 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
The plants will start turning brown and dying back. You can eat them as early as they are big enough. We like to dig down under the plant and get small potatoes as well as waiting for them to get their full size.
2006-06-19 04:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by mandp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You dig around a few to see how big they are. Potatoes don't get "ripe" so to speak - they may be eaten at any size. You harvest them once they reach a size suitable to you.
2006-06-19 04:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by myste 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can harvest anytime; the longer you wait the bigger they will be, but I urge you to try some when they are golfball sized. Called new potatoes, they have the nicest texture and taste.
2006-06-19 05:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the tops die back.Down here its May for those planted on valentines day.
2006-06-19 04:29:33 · answer #4 · answered by paulofhouston 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pull away a little soil; if the tubers aren't big enough then just put it back again.
2006-06-19 04:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by smile4763 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they just have these happy pock-looking faces that smile at you and says, im brimming with starch, pluck me!
2006-06-19 04:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the plant dies.
2006-06-19 04:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by Halo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their edible
2006-06-19 04:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one jumps up and says "pick me, pick me!"
2006-06-19 04:28:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by color, size, and if they are growing "eyes"
2006-06-19 04:28:50 · answer #10 · answered by SgtElkins222 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋