Well, a couple of weeks after they flowered, the potatoes were the size of a large marble. Now they've gone to seed (actually, they did this at least 3 weeks ago - the seeds are these big green balls, very cool) and the potatoes are the size of golf balls. I'm leaving mine for another 3 weeks or so before I pull them up, I think. If you have 'hilled' or 'ridged' up your potatoes, then you can gently dig into the side of a hill until you find a potato, and then gently dig around it to find out how big it is, and then cover it back up if it's still smaller than you want.
As for the peas, August 1st would probably be a very good time to plant them for fall eating. I planted mine in early spring, but our resident groundhog ate the tops off the plants, so I only ever got a half-dozen peas. If you plant a bunch and pick the peas as they grow, more will grow until the plants get killed by hard frost, so I wouldn't worry too much about them all maturing at the same time.
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Date: 2008-07-24 11:59 pm (UTC)As for the peas, August 1st would probably be a very good time to plant them for fall eating. I planted mine in early spring, but our resident groundhog ate the tops off the plants, so I only ever got a half-dozen peas. If you plant a bunch and pick the peas as they grow, more will grow until the plants get killed by hard frost, so I wouldn't worry too much about them all maturing at the same time.