Wind has snapped my potatoe plants in half. Can I do anything?
tina wrote:
Hi,
I was trying to grow 5 potatoe plants in containers, they looked to be
doing really well and i kept on banking the soil up round the stalks,
but they went wild & grew a lot taller than the pot.
Last nights strong wind has now snapped them all.
I have pulled one up & there are small bean shaped potatoes on them.
Did you empty the container? I bet you've got some much larger tatties
below. As discussed in an earlier thread, even the small "beans" are
edible -- just wash them, no need to peel.
Is there anything i can do a)to reover these 5 plants
If they're just bent and not actually broken in pieces, you could bind
them up with parcel tape and stake them. I got a partially-snapped
cucumber to continue growing a cuc that way -- small, but better than
nothing. But at this point in the growing season, I think it's time to
call it a day.
Chris
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