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Failed potatoes and garlic

lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
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I have no flowers on my potato plants so assuming that's because the slugs have eaten the tubers?! Also should I have put the potatoes in a shadier spot? 
Pulled up a couple of garlics because the leaves have started to turn yellow and the bulbs are tiny😳😩. 
Not a good harvest for my first time growing veg!!
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,740
    Some varieties of potato don't produce flowers ...don't panic ... have a furtle around in the soil underneath and see what you find  :)
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,827
    I always thought that potatoes were ready when the tops start to die down so I'd wait a while.  Have you checked if any tubers are forming?  

    Can't help with garlic as this is my first crop.  All previous attempts in my last garden were frozen to a mush every time.   This time they look fine but the foliage has dried very fast in the last few days so I'm harvesting them all later this pm and laying them out to dry before hanging them to store.

    Maybe yours would fatten a bit of left a week or two more?

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    I dipped my hand in like a lucky dip and found loads of potatoes so thank you Dove.
    Obelixx I thought the plant was dying as leaves wilting so I suppose that's the sign the spuds are ready.
     The garlic looked like it was bolting as  buds beginning to form, so have pulled them all up. Maybe I didn't water them enough.
     Thankyou both for your replies 🙂
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    They're scabby! What does that mean?
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 28,827
    That's not so good.  I've looked it up for you on the RHS website - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=230

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    In the bin they go then, maybe my whole problem is not watering enough. Will try again next year.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,740
    Don't throw them away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    :o

    Scrape them and they'll probably be fine ... a little bit blemished but fine to eat.  :)
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • lovegardening77lovegardening77 Posts: 332
    I'll peel them, they do not look appetising at all.😁
  • Jason-3Jason-3 Posts: 372
    I've been growing garlic for a good few years. The key with them is to plant sept/October the previous year and a good hard frost. If you have planted this year...I'd of waited for at least another 3 months before digging them up
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