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Potato gone wild
InTheMoorlands
Posts: 161
in Fruit & veg
I always plant a few small potatoes at the back of the compost heap and just let them get on with it. This one's a monster at about four feet tall:
I've just staked it up as it was leaning over, but just wondered about the wisdom of this. I did a bit of googling and came across this:
If your potato plants are mature, then it is not a cause for concern
when they fall over (you can find out by digging to see if there are
harvest-ready tubers under the plants). However, if your plants are not
mature, you should investigate why they are falling over.
Should i just have let the plant fall over and let nature take its course or stake it up?
I don't know what the potatoes will be like but the leaves look healthy enough!
At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines. Clay soil.
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