potatoes.

hi growing potatoes in a large tub but need to earth up add more compost do i totally cover the leaves or just earth up so there still showing.
thanks.

 

i normally leave the top few leaves poking out, never had any probs doing it this way.

 

I have tried container spuds for the first time this year and I covered them completely :confused:. They're huge now and the first flower buds have formed on the red ones.

 

silmar you will be eating them soon :thumb:

when did you put them in i put mine in 2 weeks into feb they are big now but no flowers yet :rolleyes:

 

Hi all, little off spot here. If you know me you will know i'm new to gardening & doing it in pots. Well, last year we got some big ones (pots!) & hubby had some veg in there.

This year he says to me, use that tub (pot) it's empty apart from the soil of course. So i did, planted a few seedlings. The next thing i know is there's some leaves coming up nothing like mine. Asked husband, he says 'oh yes, that's potatoes'. What!!!!!!! So now we laugh even though he told me Not to tell you all about it. I said leave it if we get pots out of it good, i love home grown stuff. But it was not what is was supposed to be in the container.

Enjoy all i say. Not very helpful but hope it gives you a smile.

cheers

 

:D Pretty and also productive planting:thumb:

 

Cattwoman
I planted them at the end of March, but we have quite a mild climate down here.They took a while to start but once they did they went mad !:thumb: