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A potato question.
Hello, I have bought a tub potato kit from Dobies & followed the
instructions to the letter. It's my first time with spuds. My seed spuds have sprouted on the window sill & i have placed them in the tubs & covered them with soil as instructed. They have now sprouted leaves above the soil. My question is: How big do i let the leaves grow before i cover them with soil again? At the moment i have little clusters of leaves with the leaves being about the size of a 2p piece. Do i fertilize them yet & if so what with & how often? Thank-you for your advice. Regards, Beefheart. |
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A potato question.
"Capt. Beefheart" wrote in message
k... Hello, I have bought a tub potato kit from Dobies & followed the instructions to the letter. It's my first time with spuds. My seed spuds have sprouted on the window sill & i have placed them in the tubs & covered them with soil as instructed. They have now sprouted leaves above the soil. My question is: How big do i let the leaves grow before i cover them with soil again? At the moment i have little clusters of leaves with the leaves being about the size of a 2p piece. Do i fertilize them yet & if so what with & how often? Thank-you for your advice. Regards, Beefheart. Earthing-up potatoes is a gradual process. When the potato haulm is about 3"-4" high pull soil up around the stems so that only the tips (2" or so) of the foliage is showing and a ridge is formed. Continue to do so until you have a ridge simiar to that on these sites. http://tinyurl.com/2ycby7 http://tinyurl.com/35pxq7 The new potatoes will grown into this ridge on shoots from the main stem and they must always be covered to make sure that the new tubers are not exposed to light, in which case they will be green and certainly not edible. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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A potato question.
"Capt. Beefheart" wrote in message
k... Hello, I have bought a tub potato kit from Dobies & followed the instructions to the letter. It's my first time with spuds. My seed spuds have sprouted on the window sill & i have placed them in the tubs & covered them with soil as instructed. They have now sprouted leaves above the soil. My question is: How big do i let the leaves grow before i cover them with soil again? At the moment i have little clusters of leaves with the leaves being about the size of a 2p piece. Do i fertilize them yet & if so what with & how often? Thank-you for your advice. Regards, Beefheart. Earthing-up potatoes is a gradual process. When the potato haulm is about 3"-4" high pull soil up around the stems so that only the tips (2"or so) of the foliage is showing and a ridge is formed. Continue to do so until you have a ridge simiar to that on these sites. http://tinyurl.com/2ycby7 http://tinyurl.com/35pxq7 The new potatoes will grown into this ridge on shoots from the main stem and they must always be covered to make sure that the new tubers are not exposed to light, in which case they will be green and certainly not edible. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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A potato question.
"Capt. Beefheart" wrote in message
k... Hello, I have bought a tub potato kit from Dobies & followed the instructions to the letter. It's my first time with spuds. My seed spuds have sprouted on the window sill & i have placed them in the tubs & covered them with soil as instructed. They have now sprouted leaves above the soil. My question is: How big do i let the leaves grow before i cover them with soil again? At the moment i have little clusters of leaves with the leaves being about the size of a 2p piece. Do i fertilize them yet & if so what with & how often? Thank-you for your advice. Regards, Beefheart. Earthing-up potatoes is a gradual process. When the potato haulm is about 3"-4" high pull soil up around the stems so that only the tips (2" or so) of the foliage is showing and a ridge is formed. Continue to do so until you have a ridge simiar to that on these sites. http://tinyurl.com/2ycby7 http://tinyurl.com/35pxq7 The new potatoes will grown into this ridge on shoots from the main stem and they must always be covered to make sure that the new tubers are not exposed to light, in which case they will be green and certainly not edible. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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