First spuds .........

[brownfingers]

Bite the dust courtesy of the wind. I grow mine in raised beds with wire netting around them. Mainly to stop them sprawling, but also to stop the wind blowing them over, which doesn't work, apparently.

[WendyC]

Sorry don't understand.

[Bigmallly]

What are you on brownfingers?..............Can I have some...............

[brownfingers]

Sorry don't understand.

The wind has blown my potatoes down. This has happened even though I have afforded them some protection by putting wire netting around them to try to prevent this.

[Bigmallly]

Purrit in't rant thread....................

[mothhawk]

I grow mine so close to each other and all the other stuff in the garden they don't have room to fall anywhere
Currently my one 4ft row of spuds is squashed between raspberry canes on one side and 2 large tubs with apples in on the other, and if they manage to sprawl over the apples they'll be leaning on the runner beans

[Florence Fennel]

Mine are in sacks. Well, they're not really mine, they belong to youngest Golden Girl (granddaughter). They're earthed up with lawn clippings at the moment and are so heavy there is no chance of them blowing over. Chin up brownfingers, they'll recover unless they've snapped. Be reight

[brownfingers]

Mothy: Mine are close together, but it still got some of them.

Florry: Ar can tha be reight when all thi hard work is anihilated?I have some in sacks, but they are so tall that the wind still gives them a good old buffetting.

Mally: I've noticed this year that my spuds are a bit leggy. Wonder why that is? They also seem to be flowering early this year. Maincrop not halfway there, but flowers on (just)? Never mind what I'm on, I wonder what they are on?

[Bill HH]

Did you go a bit over the top with fertiliser? having said that its common for the foliage to fall over and if it does I put canes around them.

[TrialAndError]

Maybe they are on too much nitrogen feed? That would encourage weak green growth and could be causing your problem. Have you fed them anything that could be nitrogen rich?

[kathyd]

It's the first time my tatties have ever got big enough to fall over! Lol . I didn't realise they were prone to it, I've been taking it a bit personally... The ones outside I've left netted with debris netting, and it appears to be working wonders - all nice and snuggly and leaning on each other. They only started to topple when I started to remove the netting because I thought I was constricting them and I felt sorry for them, so I've put it back on now and they look much happier. The ones in the bed in the tunnel collapsed when I weeded them (yes, there were lots of weeds and rampant rocket amongst them), and the ones in the bin have also started falling over the edges - think I'm going to take them up this week and see if there's actually any potatoes on them. I'm soooo rubbish at growing potatoes, but I live in hope .

[brownfingers]

Bill: just some growmore dug in a couple of weeks before planting. Not overkill, 'cos I is a tight git.

Trial: I've given it a couple of jolloping of nettle tea, but nothing overboard. One of the beds had broad beans in last year, and I chopped up the stems and roots and dug them in. Could that have put a lot of notrogen in?

[Penellype]

I'm growing mine in various bags and dustbins of compost, some bought and some home made. The Charlotte, grown in an old water butt, are growing at an incredible rate and the tops are well above my head (the water butt is about a metre high). The Desiree are trying to fall over, but that's normal as I grow them alongside a leylandii hedge.