plastic weed covering and slugs!

[rykneld38]

Hello people,
I have got 2 rows of spuds growing through slits made in a plastic weed covering and I was wondering if I am likely to harvest any potatoes or will the slugs have most of them?
Should I just remove the covering now?

Thanks for looking
Andrew

[rykneld38]

[manicscousers]

hi, andrew, welcome to the site..we grew spuds through black plastic a few years ago, we got quite a good, if slightly smaller, harvest from them, I think they didn't get enough rain because of the plastic, yours should do better as water can penetrate  ;D

[lolabelle]

i am going half of my potatoes through semi permiable weed suppresent so they hopefully should get enough water , although they are not as big as those grown normally but these are different variety ..only time will tell

[STEVEB]

im sorry ..i cant see the point,surely the dense foliage is enough to supress weeds ?

[manicscousers]

ours were on marestail infested ground, cardboard, manure layer, left all winter, spuds through the plastic, did the job  ;D

[lolabelle]

I have problems similar to the Manics  ::)

[rykneld38]

Thanks for all your info,,I am going to leave the cover in place,,,


Andrew