What’s happening with these potatoes!

[Maggiethecat]

Planted these in bags about 7 weeks ago; the foliage started to go yellow a couple of weeks ago and now looks died off.
Is this the timescale for reaping and shall I have a rummage for spuds or have these been unsuccessful?

Perfectly normal. Mine in the ground looked like that last week; I lifted them all. Yours should be ready now. Enjoy!

Oh have just seen the seven weeks, sorry - bit early! The rain won't have helped. It's not too late to plant for some Christmas potatoes.

Once the foliage dies back, you can harvest. Or you can leave them in the bags till you need them.

Timescale is 90 days from planting for first earliest, 120 days for maincrop, and about half way between for second earliest. So I think it's very unlikely yours will have grown much in the way of tubers, unfortunately.

Ok, so leaving them in the bags won’t further growth since the foliage has died?

Did they get waterlogged? Id have a dig in the bag and see whats happening.

Will do!

Though you risk slug damage if you leave them

No. If there are tiny tubers, they will regrow next year but you’d be better starting again with new tubers in the spring

Possibly blight, given the recent dreadful weather.

I knew something dodge had happened!

beginning to wonder if it’s worth trying to grow anything?!

There have been blight warnings from our national meteorological service when I read the weather forecast. I live in Ireland.