French Beans Curing allows the skin to fully set and any wounds to heal. About Us / Contact Not all varieties flower – some early varieties don’t have flowers or are ready to harvest once they flower. It means that the plants are fully grow and the crops are ready. those sold in supermarkets for consumption can be a source of disease and Growing lavender . Garlic, Marjoram , Home Page | Privacy | Many growers have been delighted with how early and easy to grow they are. Rocket potatoes are a first early variety and they are ready for harvest, if conditions are correct, 10 to 11 weeks after the seed potatoes are planted. produces a bland tasting spud. Raised Bed Calendar, TECHNIQUES Rocket potato seed is probably one of the earliest early potatoes around and produces large crops of uniform, attractive tubers. Treverry Farm, Mawgan, Carefully lift the plant and remove the potatoes you need. Photos Rocket potato plantings. 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