In article >,
says...
>
> On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 11:40:40 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2016-07-25 12:23 PM, graham wrote:
> > > On 7/25/2016 10:21 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >> On 2016-07-25 11:20 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > >>> http://tinypic.com/r/2qxbwgy/9
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> I'm sure there are more down there but this one was peeking
> > >>> out. I'll wait a bit until they're larger, not much larger,
> > >>> I hope. Then I'll dig around.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Do yourself a favour and dig them up while they are small.... new
> > >> potatoes. They are much tastier than big potatoes.
> > >>
> > > My father would have dug up all of them by now. They were rarely much
> > > bigger than a walnut.
> >
> > That is when they are best. Small new potatoes straight from the garden
> > are a real treat.
>
> Yep! More of the sugars not yet converted to starch!

What if you wait until the potatoes are really big and then dug them up?
Will you then have BIG new potatoes with most of the sugars not yet
converted to starch? In that case digging them up small is counter-
productive. Who wants SMALL new potatoes?