potatoes

Morning. Going to be an excellent day for getting into the garden and pottering with my fruit and veg crops.

Potatoes. Growing lots of varieties either in bought potato growing sacks or I am reusing empty compost bags.

I have rolled down the sides and everytime anything green shows through I cover with a little more compost. For the last couple of weeks I have also been un-rolling the bag to the point where one bag is unrolled completely. I still have about 6 inches of space left, so will keep covering for a short while longer - but then what? Do I just let them grow? Then what? What time scales I am looking at? Eeeeeeehhhh - to think I could soon be eating my own him grown spuds.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

C'mon - someone must be able to point me in the right direction.

The packet says to harvest once the flowers die, but when do I stop covering with compost so that the flowers can grow?

I really think i may have gone over board with the potatoes. All being grown in bags. 4 varieties - 10 chitted potatoes of each variety. Good job we eat a lot of pots in our house.

 

Depends on the variety, with first and second earlies you only need to earth up 6 - 8 inches, but with a maincrop the more you earth up the more potatoes you get.

Don't know if I dare post this obviously photoshopped pic of pink fir apples again?



The rings were put round the plant as it grew, and backfilled with earth

With new potatoes, get the water boiling and the mint and butter ready before you pick them.

If you want to store the spuds then leave them 2 weeks after the haulms have dropped to let the skins harden before digging them up