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Swift do not normally flower so you will have to watch for the plant dying off or have a furtle inside as I say ;D
I am fascinated.One of the experts on Gardener's Question Time said that earthing up increases the yield of second early and maincrop potatoes, but not first early potatoes. The only reason to earth up first early plants is to prevent the upper tubers from going green. According to him, 1st earlies only make one level of spuds.Any thoughts on this?
Georgie I have some in compost bags and intend to make little flap doors in the bags to take the spuds out of the side and make furtling easier.
Quote from: Tattieman on May 02, 2009, 15:09:44Georgie I have some in compost bags and intend to make little flap doors in the bags to take the spuds out of the side and make furtling easier.That's a good idea. And will you tape the door up if the spuds aren't ready?G x
Think I might have mucked up my potatoes because I forgot to check this thread and thought I knew what I was doing.I've earthed them up in the week but thought you had to completely cover the leaves with soil. :-[ I've a couple of leaves poking back through today on a couple of sacks but will I have ruined them all by now? I must have put about 3-4" of compost over the top of each.
Don't worry, they're tough enough to survive it!
so what height is the minimum for any container you want to grow spuds in?
I bet that you can't wait to have a firkle, or furtle if you prefer, G! xx