Looking real healthy. Since they're just starting to flower, you're right to wait.

Yeah, thanks, the ones in the wooden boxes are basically done flowering and have set the nasty green seed pods which I am removing if I see any. The Yukon Golds haven't flowered yet and am curious to see if they will. The russets in the blue tubs are flowering like crazy......planted a couple weeks after the others.

Just wondering - is it necessary to remove the green seed pods?

And, what difference does it make?

Thanks.

Cindy

I am wondering this too, Cindy. Is it bad to leave them on? Total newbie here :).

Those green marble sized seed pods generally just fall off my potatoes, so I don't bother with them. I planted in mid-late March and am starting to harvest blue potatoes. They look good, but it's definitely been their kind of weather so far this summer as long as they have adequate drainage.

This is the first year I removed them. The russets flowered big time and set a bunch of the pods. So I just figured why invest the plants energy in the growing of pods (I've had some up to 1" in diameter)....I'd rather focus the plants energy on the pods growing under the soil :)