Topic: potatoes. have i missunderstood

[littlebabybird]

ok i planted my potatoes in a valley and covered them in soil, fed them watered them and earthed them up when the leaves came out, keeping a little bit of leaf showing. i think thats what i was meant to do.

soo i dugup 3 plants today,
near the surface is a potato yes just one on each plant, then a stem going down to a little shrivled one which i have taken to be the seed, but arent there supposed to be more potatoes on the stem bit?
lbb

[betula]

Really yes,how long have they been in the ground,are they earlies?

I had some plants with no spuds at all :)

[amphibian]

I've had poor yields this year.

Make sure you dig around a bit, sometimes the spuds form a little way away from the plants on thin roots that snap off as you lift the plant.

[kt.]

Do you know what the variety is?  Are they meant to be earlies or lates?   This could make a difference depending upon when they were planted.

[tim]

Yes - there are meant to be more - bur not just on the stem. They grow on the long dangly bits & can be a foot away from the stem. Even in the next row!

Very disappointing.