May
Earth up your potatoes
Once the potatoes start to grow through the top of the drill you should then start to earth up.
Earthing up 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
Check your crops for diseases, such as blight
The initial signs of potato blight 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
Harvest your container grown First Earlies
Enjoy an early reward for your work and a taste of things to come by harvesting the very first batch of your own, home grown first early potatoes that have been growing in pots or containers.
Order your Christmas Seed Potatoes
May should be the very latest time to be ordering your Christmas seed potatoes. Choose and order them now and enjoy your very own grown new potatoes when Christmas day comes around.
Next Steps…
- Order your Christmas Potatoes from the JBA Christmas Seed Potatoes collection
- VIDEO – Watch the ‘How to Earth Up Potatoes’ video guide
- VIDEO – Watch the ‘Planting Seed Potatoes in Containers for Christmas’ video guide
