Gardening questions

[taxlady]

Does anyone on my flist know much about growing potatoes? I am growing two potato plants in hopes of having new potatoes. One of them is now well over a metre tall. The other one would be, but it broke in a recent rain storm and is only about three quarters of a metre tall now. They are both flowering. When do I look for baby potatoes? I don't want big potatoes. I want little, bitty, yummy, new potatoes.

How about snow peas? My seed envelope says that they take 68 days to mature and that they like cool weather. They can be planted in early spring or late summer. If I planted them the 1st of August, they would mature in early October. Does that sound reasonable. What is a good time to be planting these in Greater Montreal? Is there a range of time that is good for the fall planting, so I can have them mature at different times? Do I want them to mature at different times?

Comments

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Jan and I have been growing potatoes this year. I believe you can start "exploring" for baby potatoes a couple of weeks after they've flowered. I'd recommend sending Jan an email: she's been more on top of the produce... err... production this year than I have.