When should potato leaves appear?

[Chestnut]

I planted my spuds a bit early, the weekend before lockdown as I wasn’t sure if I’d be allowed to plant them any later.
However, I’m a bit concerned that the leaves haven’t appeared above ground yet.
Am I being impatient? Or do I need to replant/put some drying beans instead?

[self-contained]

I planted mine less than two weeks ago (not terribly deep) and the leaves came through within a week.

[Jungle Jane]

How deep are they planted,the cold nights could’ve slowed growth?

[broadway]

Planted mine on 5th April, they are about 1-2cm's now, didn't plant them very deep

[Chestnut]

Mine are about three quarters of a spade depth under ground, now 5 weeks ago

[Snadger]

Do you really want them to be above ground when we could still get frosts?

[ameno]

Some can be slower than others. I planted my earlies about 5 weeks ago, and four of them aren't up yet, bu when I carefully dug down, I found shoots about 3 inches below the surface, so they are still alive, just rather slow.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Time for them to come through has so many variables. How big sprouts if any at time of planting, how deep they were planted, type and fertility of soil, weather/temperature. Bottom line, it all depends on the variables

[Bonjour]

Mine were planted about 6" deep to bottom of planting hole. They took exactly 4 weeks for the first ones to break surface.

[mhrfm]

On a related potato note, how high should you “hill” potatoes?

[mcdood]

I probably earth up about 6-8 inches. Alternatively I've also in the past used newspaper in between rows wetted down and then covered in grass clippings