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bluecar
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Earthing up potatoes that have flowers forming.
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May 25, 2016, 15:56:35 »
Hello all.
This year I decided not mound up my early potatoes as soon as I had planted them. I felt I needed to earth up today as a number of them were reaching 4 to 6 inches however, many of them have got flowers forming (closed). Should I still earth them up - if so should I cover the flower heads? Should I have earthe them up earlier?
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johhnyco15
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Re: Earthing up potatoes that have flowers forming.
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May 25, 2016, 20:53:07 »
i would earth them up just incase the tubers get exposed to light which will turn them green and make them inedible hope this helps
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Pescador
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Re: Earthing up potatoes that have flowers forming.
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May 26, 2016, 06:29:43 »
Earth them up but don't cover the flowers. You're earthing up to stop the tubers going green, not for frost protection, so no need to cover the haulms, just get a good bank of soil around the base.
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Re: Earthing up potatoes that have flowers forming.
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May 27, 2016, 22:46:02 »
You can pinch the flowers off...
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