| Free Net of Seed Potatoes! Our fabulous End-Of-Season giveaway is now on! Spend £10 or more and get a free 3-tuber net of potatoes. Our usual discounts apply save £1 per item if you buy five-nine items and £2 per item if you buy over ten items of any combination of 6-tuber nets, 1kg nets or our grow bags |
| Mound up if you planted in March. Your shoots might be coming through by now if you planted in March and you need to “earth” or “mound” them up. Mounding or earthing up means drawing up soil around the stems as they grow – to protect shoots from frost damage in late spring and more importantly, new tubers are jostling for space and this gives them more room ensuring the developing potatoes aren’t exposed to light, which turns them green and inedible. Earthing or mounding up is counter intuitive! The baby potatoes have worked so hard to get to the surface only to be back at square one. We recommend this tough love process. It’s a simple process – once the shoots are about 23cm (9in) tall, mound soil up around them to form a ridge along the row, leaving just the top 10cm (4in) of the plants visible. As the stems grow taller, repeat the process several times, a few weeks apart. The final height of the ridge should be 20–30cm (8–12in). Some people advocate covering the entire plant – you could experiment to see which works best for you. Check out our growing guide for more information. |
| Earlies planted at the start of May will be ready to harvest at the start of August and main crop by October |
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