Wait for maturity
So that both the taste and the size of the tubers are right, you should choose the optimal one Harvest time watch out. As long as the potato plant is in bloom or is still lush green above the ground, starch is still diligently stored in the tubers.
- Only harvest when the leaves are wilted and brown
- ideally in portions as required
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Variety-dependent ripening times
There are innumerable New potato varieties, each of which differs in its maturity period. This is somewhere between 70 and 120 days. A rough distinction is made between three types:
- very early varieties are harvested from June
- the early varieties follow from July
- medium-early varieties are taken out of the bed at the end of August
Harvesting tool
When harvesting, as far as possible, no tuber should be left in the ground. In addition, the harvested tubers must not be damaged so that they last longer
to store can. One Digging fork or special potato hoes are suitable harvesting implements. They can be easily pierced into the soil and then levered out the tubers.Harvest process
The tubers are formed under the main shoots of the plant. They are easy to find if the soil around the plant is searched in a radius of 50-60 cm.
- first remove the dried herb
- then pierce the digging fork laterally
- Get the tubers out
- free from coarse earth debris
- collect in potato boxes
Tips
If you cannot eat the potato tubers right away, do not wash them immediately after harvesting them. If there is still damp soil on them, let them dry well before storing.
Try the first tubers
If you are impatiently waiting for the first potato tubers of the year and suspect some underneath your potato plants, you can carefully go on a “treasure hunt”. Carefully remove the soil from the side in the root area until you come across bulbs.
You can carefully separate large specimens from the plant. Then cover the root area again with soil so that the remaining tubers can continue to grow.
