Earthing up?

[Demeter]

Morning all, hope you have this glorious sunshine wherever you are today.
We've decided this year to have a go at growing spuds underneath weed suppresant - it's pretty good grade and has done a fab job of keeping down the weeds over the winter. We slit the sheet and planted the spuds through and then tucked back the matting to let the shoots emerge - which they started to do last week. I've dumped a little pile of well rotted manure over each one, just to try and give them a bit of protection in case of frost - is this ok? The other option is to cover with another bit of sheeting until they are bigger - what do you think? Does it adversely affect the spuds if they are completely covered again once the shoots have appeared? Thanks

They will be fine

[miffy]

I've earthed up my spuds four times now on the lottie do i have to keep doing it or when they poke through again this time can i leave them cause it is hard work!!

[Rocketron]

I have mine in an 18" high grower bag and compost bags.
When the tips are about 1cm through I give them a really good watering and add 6" of dry compost on top and do the same again when they pop through.
I would roll your compost bags down to between 18"-20" and when they get to the top of that let then grow so that the spuds start to develop.

Thank you, Tattieman. As a member of two forums and having read countless articles, at last someone tells me how high to earth-up !

[tattieman]

Thank you, Tattieman. As a member of two forums and having read countless articles, at last someone tells me how high to earth-up !

Glad to be of service.

[Jenegade]

I don't think I can earth up my potatoes anymore, but I'm worried about the frosts this week. Will they be ok from the frost if I cover them with fleece? It's likely that they'll be showing through again when I get home...

Thanks for your help!