Potatoes make a beautiful flowers but doesn't help with their production.
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tinkercreek
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July 18, 2020
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When to Harvest Potatoes
“New potatoes,” which are potatoes that are purposefully harvested early for their smaller size and tender skin, will be ready for harvest 2 to 3 weeks after the plants stop flowering. ...
For mature potatoes, wait 2 to 3 weeks after the plant's foliage has died back.
Surfpirate
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July 17, 2020
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Late summer for us
@Ladydiana It depends how early you plant them and what variety of potato you planted. When we lived in Ecuador they harvested different types of potatoes at different times of the year, depending upon the elevation that they planted them at.
@Surfpirate I live in Canada so we plant in end of May and havest around early September 
@Ladydiana I live in Canada too, in the Thousand Islands region of Southeastern Ontario. I planted the first batch of potatoes in trenches with a heavy straw covering in late March and then a second batch in late April, just in the ground.
@Surfpirate I live Calgary alberta so our season is a bit off
@Ladydiana I used to live in Silver Springs NW back in the 80's - I never saw snow in July but I saw it in every other month besides July. I hear ya.
I'm reminded by viewing these flowers how many standard crop plants come from the nightshade family of plants. Nightshade plants also include a number of poisonous varieties.
RussRAB
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July 17, 2020
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Eventually they make berries, that look exactly like small tomatoes or nightshade berries, both potatoes and toms do product the poisons though at quite a low level, don't eat the berries though.
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