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Frosted potato shoots
sunnylou
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in Fruit & veg
Help ! My second earlies had just sprouted to about 2cm when we had a killer frost in North Yorks. Shoots all brown now, will I get more shoots? Will the seed potato still grow, or is that it for this year ?
All advice appreciated
Louise
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I'm no spud expert but I would say you will get more, I grow in sacks in S.Yorks and I've topped mine up again and thrown an old net curtain over them as I think we can expect frost for the next couple of nights
If you don't have net or fleece cover them with newspaper overnight. Good luck 
We have a huge arable field behind us. Potatoes this year - planted only last week so they avoid frosts. Quite a process with two tractors going round twice in two different directions to harrow the soil and break it up for the very fancy tractor that makes the trapezoid furrows, neat as a sandcastle made with damp sand and with a potato buried deep at the base.
I shan't be growing tomatoes outside this year then.
They will grow again but will mature a bit later. otherwise they'll be fine.
I've had spuds frosted at about 10" tall and they bounced back just fine.
Thank you everyone and thanks for replying - most comforting news about the potatoes ! Kef - have fleece will do
Many gardeners here including myself have lost all sorts of normally frost hardy plants down to -5c. Just must have been a freak frost
Cheers
Louise
Another really bad frost predicted tonight for S.Yorks
Here goes with the fleece - thank you KEF !
As the shoots show keep earthing them up, this should give some protection until fear of last frost is past.
Thank you, Zoomer - will do !
Hi does it matter that my spuds in the bags are getting very wet in rain or do I cover the bags? I have put holes ibags