How To Grow Potatoes video with Thompson & Morgan.

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Potato Vivaldi
The No.1 for taste, mouthwatering and creamy whether boiled, baked, mashed or roasted. Really versatile as also excellent for high yields of 'baby potatoes', and larger tubers as a Second Early/Early Maincrop. Oval, yellow skinned with pale yellow flesh. Good common scab resistance.Easy to grow and well suited ito growing in containers.

Use our increasingly popular growing bags if garden space is limited, ideal for a sunny balcony, or even a backyard for city dwellers.

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[superkelo1000]

my potatoes are drooping and falling over what am i doing wrong

[thompsonmorgan]

Hi superkelo1000, if the foliage is limp it may be that your potatoes are too dry. Make sure you water your potatoes well as they grow. It's also important to 'earth up' your potatoes as they grow by drawing soil halfway up the stems once the shoots are 25cm tall. This gives the plants stability and prevents potatoes at the soil surface from turning green. A very rich soil can cause potatoes to put on a lot of leaf growth making them top heavy. Are there any other symptoms you've noticed?

[stemvis1]

if a potato has more than two chits cant you cut this in half and use it as two different plants? also do you cover the whole thing when the first shoots appear or just up to a certain point?

[thompsonmorgan]

@stemvis1 If you have particularly large seed potatoes then they certainly can be cut in half leaving chits on each piece - although you will need to let the cut edges callous over before planting. When you earth up your potatoes it's ok to cover the whole shoots as they will quickly re-emerge.

[killerdalek]

One does tend to tire of the limited range of spuds available in supermarkets. The trouble with this is that the general public consider potatoes to be boring, and not worth growing at home. If only they knew...

[thompsonmorgan]

@killerdalek we agree! There are such a huge variety of potatoes available to the home-grower with varying tastes, shapes and colours. If you'd like to take a look at the varieties we offer just follow the link in the video description.

[thompsonmorgan]

@ng31200 if you have potato tubers, simply plant them 5-7cm deep and 30cm apart in rows 75cm apart. If you have sweet potato 'slips' (green shoots) it's best to pot them up into module trays or 3 inch (7.5cm) pots to grow on before planting out. When you put your slips into the compost, make sure the length of the stem is buried, leaving only the leaves showing above the surface. Keep them in a warm bright place until ready to plant out. Your potatoes will be ready to harvest in 3 or 4 months!

[thompsonmorgan]

Hi killerdalek, depending on the variety of potato you grow you, they will be ready to harvest from 10 to 20 weeks after planting. The amount of crop can vary according to the weather and environment the potatoes are grown in. The advantages of growing your own potatoes are the amount of varieties that are otherwise unavailable in the supermarkets, often with superior flavours! Growing potatoes in bags also greatly reduces the risk of pests and diseases affecting your crop.

[killerdalek]

How long does it take to get your money back on this investment?