potatoes

[glenrobbo1968]

My second lot of potatoes are appearing above ground, should i dig them up or keep earthing them up until the leaves start to fade, its our first year so any help would be appreciated
Cheers

[Paulottie]

Appear above ground? what the actual spuds?....keep them earthed up until you need to dig them...any exposed to light, at any stage, will go green and any green bit is poisonous.

New spuds are ready anytime and are normally big enough when the plants flower. For potatoes to store you let haulm die back(or cut off) and leave the spuds a couple of weeks for the skins to set.

[glenrobbo1968]

Thanks Paul i'll do as you suggest, no doubt i'll be back soon with another daft question
Cheers

[Paulottie]

No problem and welcome to the Vine. If you put a vague location in your profile, It helps us to answer certain questions. Don't worry about asking 'daft' questions....Veg growing seems quite a big daunting subject to start with but you'll quickly learn through your (and our) experiance.