Potatoes in sacks

ampersand

1st time by this method - 3 or 5 per sack, growing well, but jungly.
Many lush stems are taller than me, some snapping, tumbling over.
Don't I want less above ground, for better crop below?
1st flowers appearing.
Past garden practice was to let normal foliage die down, post-flowering, before digging.
Comments and advice welcomed.
Thankyou.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6iU3qt2yVvdnw2tZA

unrecordings

They look nice - are the sacks just on the ground or are they buried ?

Mojisola

It looks as if the compost was too high in nitrogen - that's a lot of top growth.

unrecordings

Mojisola wrote: »

It looks as if the compost was too high in nitrogen - that's a lot of top growth.

Actually mine (grown in deep beds in the usual stuff) seemed unusually lush this year - need to get them out too

ampersand

Thankyou for replies.

Unrecordings - 3 are sitting in a long, shallow water tray[height 5cms max. Frog hops about in there, too]. Other 2 are sitting alongside on ground, before honeysuckle.

The flower showing is a stray scented phlox. Don't ask me where that came from Ditto, 2 ferns. Potted and moved them off a few months back. Now see even more potato flowers are showing.

Unrecordings, you say you must get yours out. What, dig up already? Have yours flowered, died down already?

Mojisola, I just bunged them on a mix of garden soil and my fab compost, over 15 yrs in the brewing.
I expected them to behave like ordinary tatoe plants, bush up squatly, maybe 50cms, a bit hairy/coarse, flower, wilt over, yellow a bit, and only then be ready to dig.

Follow-up comments very welcome.

Add-on note: in this year of peculiars, my rhubarb has failed utterly - never before. Mentioned this elsewhere, to find others, different parts of country, agreeing and perplexed. Fens here. Best go and turn hose off at fig roots:-)

unrecordings

Mine are Duke Of York, foliage died back properly about a week or two ago

Mnd

I've grown Casablanca in bags this year (1st time) just had normal growth, but my main crop ( cara ) seem very lush. I assumed it was wet weather early, then fine and dry

ampersand

Thankyou again:-)

I'll leave them. Hope all the snapped over soft stems don't mean too much crop-wise,