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
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
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
im sorry ..i cant see the point,surely the dense foliage is enough to supress weeds ?
ours were on marestail infested ground, cardboard, manure layer, left all winter, spuds through the plastic, did the job ;D
I have problems similar to the Manics ::)
Thanks for all your info,,I am going to leave the cover in place,,,
Andrew