Stupid potato questions

mariauk

Hiya

I would say yes as everytime you cover almost all the growth (Earthing up) another lot of roots will grow from the main stem which means more tats

I always leave a couple of inches at the top uncovered so they can continue towards the sun. HTH

Maria

do_it_today!

Thanks all great Post! so I will just tip aload of compost on top of the long stems shooting out of the dustbin

Missy79

I would be a bit careful of earthing up too enthusiastically, if you continually bury the new growth the plant will not be able to photosynthesise enough to produce the sugars needed to make the potatoes. If you are continually earthing up all/nearly all of the growth the plant is relying on the sugars in the original seed potato to grow and these are obviously limited due to its small size. You could end up with poor growth and a poor crop.

lyns_2

My potatoes are just getting buds for flowering but when i had a feel around i could no find even the smallest potato just a pile of roots, is this normal the leaves look healthy. They are earlies and in 40 ltr tubs