The Garden Community for Garden Lovers

potatoes

woody

By Woody

United States

is it possible to cut back the shaws without damaging yhe crop asthe shaws have grown so tall and fallen over




Answers

 

If you cut back the growth on them, then the tubers stop getting any bigger. This is normally only done if you get blight on main crops, to stop the disease getting into the tubers.

2 Jul, 2008

 

Lift a plant and check size of potatoes, if they are right for you then no harm done cut the haulms( another name ), Owlboggy is right they will just stop growing larger.

3 Jul, 2008

 

thank you qwdboggy and wyeboy your answers has been very useful

3 Jul, 2008

How do I say thanks?

Answer question

Related photos

  • My Tatties
    Irish
  • Ship's supplies - potato "Pixie", in plastic compost bags, turned outside in, then placed in hessian sacks to look more "authentic".
    David
  • Sack of potatoes.
    David
  • First Early "Pixie"
    David

Related blogs

Related products

 

Previous question

« will my horses eat my sun flowers

 

Related questions

Not found an answer?