do you put netting over potatos

[ardroil]

my earlies are going really well, but do i need to cover them with netting?

[Two_Sheds]

nope
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[Snadger]

Why would you think you needed to cover them?

[ardroil]

thanks two sheds, i was in my neighbours and they have netting over their spuds,so when i got home i started wondering if that was what i was ment to do as ive never grown spuds before

[Sue]

Ardroil
Perhaps they have foxes who like to dig up their potatoes - and everything else....
I put my first lot in and next day had to go round the allotment searching for them, scattered everywhere - that was when I put the net on.
best wishes
Sue

[tattieman]

You can put netting on to give the haulms support and stop them getting broken in the wind. I am going to use cheap pea netting and pop a few posts in the ground to attach it to.

[crichmond]

i was in my neighbours and they have netting over their spuds,so when i got home i started wondering if that was what i was ment to do as ive never grown spuds before

Maybe they are trying to keep flying slugs off them..

[Alice]

You don't need netting Ardroil unless you have a special problem there.
You could ask your neighbours what the netting is for.
In Inverness you could still have a few frosts so it would be wise to keep some fleece at the ready.

[NOG]

They may have put fleese on them if thay are worried about frost. When the potatoes are small they are still liable to frost damamge.

[rogesse]

Perhaps your neighbours are strange?

I have a fox problem which is why I raise in modules at home - except potatoes which happily fend for themselves