When will they be harvested?

When are the first tubers ripe?

Everything is green and blooming in the potato bed, but how does it look in the earth? The tubers start growing in secret. We neither know how many there are under each plant, nor do we know what size they have already reached. The following is the interpretation of the visible signs:

• the tuber formation begins with the flowering
• in the following years they get bigger
• as the green turns brown and wilts, they are ripe

Calculate harvest time

The Harvest time each new potato variety can be calculated. You need to know which variety you have planted in the bed and how long it will ripen.

Most New potato varieties take about 90 days for their bulbs to be large and edible. If you planted them by the end of March, you can start harvesting as early as June.

Harvest even earlier

When it comes to harvest maturity, the current weather plays a decisive role, because the warmer it is, the faster the potato plants grow. But while we cannot influence the weather, we have to

Planting new potatoes the following two factors in our hands:

• Potato cultivation in the greenhouse
• the Pre-germinate the potato seed

Both options allow you to do this up to three weeks earlier harvest.

Harvest before maturity

As soon as the potato plant blooms, the tubers begin to form. Nobody has to wait for the leaves to wilt to put the tubers on their menu. A short time later, single, sufficiently large specimens can be carefully dug up, while small tubers are allowed to continue to grow.

New potatoes from the supermarket

Anyone who does not have their own garden or cannot patiently wait for the first edible tubers to be able to stock up on them in stores as early as May. However, many new potato varieties offered in the supermarket have come a long way, as they mostly come from warmer countries.