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Potatoes
Sue Bailey2
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My main crop potatoes were just coming into flower when disaster struck, we had to have a tree felled near to where they were and a lot of the branches crashed into the potatoes, flattening them. If I leave them in will they still mature underground? Or another option, is it too late to plant another crop?
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How badly are they flattened? Personally I remove the flowers anyway as they take energy from the tubers. I wouldn't have thought it would cause much damage. Have a furtle round in the soil and see how they're going. If they're a decent size I'd be tempted to leave them be
They are pretty flat but don't seem to have actually cut the stems, is I may just leave them and hope for the best
If the stems haven't broken you might find they actually perk up again. A couple of weeks ago most of mine were flattened by the wind. A couple of days later they were fine