Well isn't That Typical

[Breezie]

I planted my spuds Three weeks ago. After consulting my Gardening Guru (Dad) he said that I'd better get them covered up at nights before the plants break surface because the frost will kill them.

Off to get some polythene sheeting i went, and using alkathene piping i set about making a home made Crotch for them. All was going well, i uncovered and watered them in the mornings then watered and covered them up again at night.

I had a nice bit of foliage on top of the mounds and was feeling pretty pleased at the prospects of having a decent crop should they survive the pests. I went out this morning to uncover them and the frost had killed them through the polythene. Just Typical.

Being a novice though, i suppose this is how you learn and all is not lost because i only planted out half of my seed potatoes, so up the dead ones will come and in the chitted ones will go. I think i'll let them chit for a few more weeks before planting them though.

I can't remember the species but they were first earlies, just not as early as I would have liked. Darned frost!

[Tractor Boys]

Breezie I wouldn't dig them frost normally only sets the plants back a bit and they should come back the yields may be lower but you should still get some spuds off them.

[elsie-scot]

Are you also earthing them up?

[womble]

It's a cloche, not a crotch, or maybe you make a better one that we all ought to know about

Just wondered if your Dad meant to earth them up instead?

They're not dead! As Tractor boys says.

And stop watering them for a bit, they don't need that much.

[Liza]

Thanks Breezie your crotch really did make me chuckle after a really bad day.

I will keep my fingers crossed for your spuds and as the others said stop watering and earth them up.

[Snadger]

Thanks Breezie your crotch really did make me chuckle after a really bad day...........................

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And whats so funny about Breezies crotch?

[Flummery]

Cover them with earth, scraped up from the sides. That way, you minimise weed growth and give them more opportunity to root from the stems (and the end of the roots is where the spuds grow)

[Two_Sheds]

i set about making a home made Crotch for them.

fnar fnar

[Caro]

And whats so funny about Breezies crotch?

Snadger, you're killing me