August
Harvest your Early Maincrops
By August your early Maincrop potatoes should now be ready for harvesting, enjoy!
Check your Late Maincrops for diseases, such as blight
The initial signs of blight in potatoes are the development of small dark patches on the leaves. The stems may also develop dark brown patches at areas where leaves join them. Infected tubers have brownish discolouration and will eventually start to rot.
Earth up your Late Maincrops and Christmas Potatoes
Once your late Maincrop and Christmas potatoes start to grow through the top of the drill you should then start to earth up.
Earthing up potatoes is best done with a garden hoe. The aim is to form a peaked ridge with the loose soil at the edge of the trench to prevent your potatoes turning green which would make them inedible. This might be required 2/3 times a season
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