Potatoes wilted!!

spider125 · 25 June 2010 at 6:19AM

came home from work to find big tub of potatoes wilted, all not lost dug them up and they were lovely!!!! how sad am I, i kept sniffing the pan and saying to DH they smell like potatoes!!! ( dont know why, what else would they smell of) what I meant was they reminded me of when I was little and food smelt of food, cant wait to try rest of veg growing but he has been told to WATER my plants not watch the football MEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl:

david39 · 25 June 2010 at 7:10AM

Yes - it seems that potatoes, especially grown in bags, need much more water than one would expect - I think it's because the bags, being exposed to the heat from the sun, dry out much faster than if the potatoes are in the ground.

I had a similar experience. We've got 4 bags on the go and came home to find one wilting badly and one of the others on the turn - managed to resurrect them both fortunately so still growing. I hope the end result is worth the effort and worry.

VJsmum · 25 June 2010 at 9:46AM

Mu potatoes are in the ground but the shoots keep falling over - have I not earthed them up enough? There is quite a lot of earth but perhaps I should put more?

RebekahR · 25 June 2010 at 11:00AM

Mine are wilting lots to and falling a bit. I haven't earthed up around them so think I better do.

morg_monster · 25 June 2010 at 4:09PM

my potato greens fell over but they are in a big bag already earthed to the top so not much I could do! However they have started growing "up" again. I think they just got too tall. Not going to be dug up for a while yet (they were maincrop) so hope they are OK!

LJM · 26 June 2010 at 10:55AM

mine have just this week fell and are in pots so i am going to leave them till monday and dig them up hopefully there will be some there, mind you i say it every year and there are always loads

tanith · 26 June 2010 at 11:03AM

I second water water and more water, mine flop over if I don't water them 3 times a day... but they soon pick up when watered.. I want to leave mine for another month at least ... last year I was impatient and ended up with a few biggies but mostly marble size little ones that if I had left them would not doubt of grown..