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I'll try it aswell. Thanks for telling about it.

Makes good sense, now that you mention it. many Thanks for passing this on.

Sounds a good idea.

worth a try, i was always told to wait till the flowers died, so will be interesting to know how you get on stroll

Hi Sandra! That was what I was thinking, too!! If you pluck the flowers, how will you know that the pots are ready to harvest? The withered fowers are a "sign" to say "Pick Me!". The withering plant stems "shaws", howverer, are the real give-way, methinks??

hi david yup your right :o))

Bob Flowerdew, I used to watch all his programs bought his book to!! He's a great one to watch regards recycling. He uses everything you can think of. I will pinch out the flowers and see what happens cheers

hmmmm

Hmmmm???? Well, I have removed the flowers as they appeared, just to see. After all, the flowers are just part of the plant's natural reproductive cycle. On the "Potatoes" page, where there have been queries re plants not flowering, seems to make no difference to what is going on underground. The potatoes(tubers) will have grown by this time, so why not guide the plants' energy to them, rather than the flowers/pollen? We do it with fading flowers on bulbs (but retain the foliage for nutrition until it turns yellow and flops) so that all the energy is steered towards the bulbs, for healthier and more productive future yields.

makes sense to me David!

let me know how it goes david i hope you left a plant with all the flowers on to see if there is any more or larger potatos