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Talkback: How to earth up potaotes

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Any Update useful for Southwest France would be helpful, I've just subscribed to your magazine and it appears to be a little ahead here for planting although we get frost still
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  • blossom_1blossom_1 Posts: 1
    Growing veg for the first time this year, as I have a flower garden not much room so have made a couple of boxes 4ftx4ft & plan to grow potatoes in large flower tubes. Unsure if they will be deep enough at 14"? Do I need to feed, if so what & when?
  • milannmilann Posts: 1
    I've watched and read about potatoes - now I'm going to give it a go it looks fairly straightforward and hope mine are as successful as the Gardeners World team!!
  • hostahosta Posts: 1
    Hi im gonna have a go at the potatoes too (first time) and like othergarders here I too am trying veg for first time starting easy with tomatoes lettuce and cucumber and herbs.

    I garden in pots but how deep does a pot have to be and wide for planting potatoes.Im not sure and its getting time to plant soon.
  • summerplacesummerplace Posts: 3
    Just the information I was looking for presented in a sraightforward
    understandable way. I find the website very user friendly
  • jamie_butterworthjamie_butterworth Posts: 3
    how do i actually earth up potatoes in baghs?
  • eandreandr Posts: 1
    Can you please tell me if it is really necessary to rank up potatoes.

    Thank you for any information you can give me on this subject
    Regards Ron.
  • siorapwil1siorapwil1 Posts: 3
    Hi
    Thank you for this tip will try next season.

    Siorapwil
  • latestarterlatestarter Posts: 3
    Iam planting late seed potatoes the first week in August, any tips anybody?
  • bridgehousebridgehouse Posts: 1
    I tried growing potatoes according to instructions given. The plants are looking great although white fllies are plenty around the leaves!
    generally how long after planting can I check the soil for potatoes?
  • daveynorthcottdaveynorthcott Posts: 1
    Hi I'm growing potatoes for the first time in a bin/pot on my balcony and the plants are now very tall but there is now more space to earth them up any further.... Does this matter?

    Also please can someone tell me how I know when the potatoes are ready - I read somewhere that you can just fell around in the soil but when I do that it fels as though I am breaking roots so I've stopped.

    Any tips would be appreciated, thanks :)
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