Morning Karl, Rancher,
@rancher hicks - To me, only a few things should have chocolate one them, bacon and pretzels aren't one of them. What happen to your potatoes?
I grew/tired potatoes last year? year before? Found out I couldn't eat them so that was the end of them. The kids loved them, thought they were good. My biggest problem was keeping them in the ground to long. I grew them in raised beds which seems to knock off a few weeks ( if not more) of the growing season. So they were done well before their time. I don't know about the flowers (removing or not). I was wondering about the same with garlic. I didn't see a difference this year.
@KARL - You have me thinking about roasted sweet potatoes and oinions....
Enjoy your day
Kaj
I planted them in Towers and planted five varieties. When I thought it was time I dumped them over only to fine nothing but a very few little bits. Not even as big as those they started out with.
I still have two towers growing but haven't seen any flowers. I bought them at the grocers but will try from somewhere else next year. I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.
About those from the store? I have had them grow in the compost pile, though I've never looked for taters. Usually I break the green off adding more stuff. Or the chickens scratch them up.
Soft neck garlic doesn't get "scapes" where as hard neck to and the scapes have to be cut off. You can chop up the scapes for cooking or make Pesto. DW did some pesto but we haven't eaten it yet.
There are grapes on the vines this year. Not many but some.