Help!

[Marbles2802]

Hi, i need help for a gardener, I am growing potatoes for the first time, everything is going very well but the plants on top of the soil and getting veryan tall! Someone told me to cut them back? Do t want to do it if it's gonna ruin my crop? Or do I just leave them? It's Virgin soil, the crop is sooo tall. Thanks in advance.

[astraman1]

if you chop the tops off they wont grow

can you tell us what veriety they are and when you planted them

have they flowered

[Martin H]

Leave the greenery on. In a few weeks the above-ground parts of the plants will start to turn yellow and die off. Then you can take it all away and dig the potatoes up when ready.

[Marbles2802]

if you chop the tops off they wont grow

can you tell us what veriety they are and when you planted them

have they flowered

Hiya thank your for replying. They are roasters, we went to Dobbies to ask for help when starting, and as we were a couple of weeks later she had told us to just plant actaul potatoes, we planted them on 8th of June. This is the first time I have done anything like this in my garden, so the soil has never had anything in it.

[Kirk]

Not sure what to advise. I had the same a few years back, lots of green growth that I let grow, When it died back and I went to harvest I had not a lot in the way of potato's.

Cutting back the greenery will I think do little.

That was the year I planted into the ground, I had previously grown in large pots. It was also the only year I grew in the ground as I decided that growing in large pots was easier and seemed more productive.

One aspect is they need water, so be aware of that.

What do you mean by "actual potato's" ?
Guessing some from a supermarket.

[lottie dolly]

They have not had many weeks of growth yet,if the ground is dry they may need a drink,you say the growth is tall,some do,some don't,how tall are you saying ?,i presume you planted shop one's,and popped them in the ground with no little shoots on,how deep did you plant and did you earth up,if you chop any top growth off,you will stop the new potatoes from growing plus stop production to send up more green growth,thus weakening the plant,and holding it back this time of the year,just leave them as they are,they will carry on growing until the weather gets to cold,

[Bigmallly]

Hello Marbles & welcome to the Jungle, when you say they are Roasters do you mean Roosters? If they are Roosters, they are a Maincrop variety which need approx 5 months in the ground so you'll be looking at late October before lifting.