[vegging out]

.....earth up your spuds in one hit when you plant,or gradually as they grow..also,are there any pro's and con's of either method?

[muntjac]

i dig a trench fil with muck plant spud and earth up . i do it because why waste time coming back and doing it later . werks for the farmers werks for me  

[WG.]

If your patch is very weedy then doing it in 2 hits gives the weeds more of a setback.   The ridge helps to warm and to drain the soil so farmers do it all in one it at planting time.  Some folks grow them on the flat.

[DD.]

I tend to do it 2 or 3 times. For some reason I don't find it a chore and I'm smug in the knowlege that I'm chopping up weeds and breaking down the texture of the soil.

That's the way my Grandfather did it & that's the way I learned.

[Aidy]

Trying Ziggy's method this year. Plant em, earth up and when the ground goes green with fresh weeds germinating knock the earthing up back down and then re-earth, sounds messy but I like the logic. oooppps, just like digger. Must read the threads before opening trap.

[Heifer73]

Hi

I earth up as the start growing.

[Dan]

Trying Ziggy's method this year. Plant em, earth up and when the ground goes green with fresh weeds germinating knock the earthing up back down and then re-earth, sounds messy but I like the logic. oooppps, just like digger. Must read the threads before opening trap.

Isnt there a danger of damaging or also knocking off any plant growth when you knock the earth pile down?

[DD.]

Trying Ziggy's method this year. Plant em, earth up and when the ground goes green with fresh weeds germinating knock the earthing up back down and then re-earth, sounds messy but I like the logic. oooppps, just like digger. Must read the threads before opening trap.

Isnt there a danger of damaging or also knocking off any plant growth when you knock the earth pile down?

I'd have thought so, but maybe not, otherwise Ziggy wouldn't do it, surely. I do mine in stages, but don't knock down what's already there.

[Aidy]

My tats normally take about 21 ish days to appear, with the weather the way it is weeds will germinate way bafore the shaws show, being a little carefull should do the job but as this is the first time I will let u know the outcome.  :?

[WG.]

My tats normally take about 21 ish days to appear, with the weather the way it is weeds will germinate way bafore the shaws show

So hoe the whole lot a week before you expect them to surface.  

[DD.]

My tats normally take about 21 ish days to appear, with the weather the way it is weeds will germinate way bafore the shaws show

So hoe the whole lot a week before you expect them to surface.  

With my luck the b*ggers would be a week early.