How high do I let my potatoes go before I earth them up
I usually let mine get to 8 inches or so, but being male it could be less.........
I earthed mine up last week because the mounds were shrinking and levelling off. No foilage is showing as yet though.
If I'm having a particularly lazy year.... I don't always bother. :-\
Usually put the soil into a peak when I plant.....................
I never get this earthing up...
I fill my trench with manure, add the spuds then mound up all the earth I removed and thats it, my dad did it that way as did his dad before him and his dad before him and none of us ever had a problem, why do a job twice when once will do?
I also mound over the spuds when putting in and rarely earth up... just showing through now. If we get a frost warning I will. :)
I earth up as they pop through the ground then every 4/5 inches, normaly with grass cutting, leaves or council compost. ;D ;D ;D.