[chrissydrove]

Hi, I wonder if anyone knows if my potatoes will still grow after the leaves have been damaged and wilted by frost.
Is there any advice anyone can give me.

[Ice]

They should be ok but it might set them back a little.  Have they been earthed up?

[AndyRVTR]

Hi... if only the tips have been caught, they should be OK..... cover them with Soil/compost they will be fine and the new leaves will push through...

[chrissydrove]

Thanks for your replies. Some have been earthed up. I will cover them in soil/compost tomorrow.
It is such a relief. This is our first year of growing our own. We have moved to a new home with a big enough garden for an allotment so are pretty keen.

[johnfh]

As stated they should readily grow new shoots with no great harm done but a bit of a set- back in harvesting time.  I have also found the use of grass clippings (provided they have not  had any damaging chemicals applied) is an easier way and supplementary way of  of 'earthing up ' helps retain the moisture and is less lightly to damage the forming potatoes.No great disaster this time!

[ex-cavator]

I think just about all of the dozen or so lotty holders at our local allotments have suffered the same fate - I had earthed my earlies up about as much as I could but the leaves were getting a bit too eager - now they've all been knocked back. Hopefully won't happen again. Lost our courgette plants as well - only been in a few days but guess we were chancing our luck a bit with them 

[Dan78]

visited my plot after work today to find the same! All the showing bits of potatos are all black and crispy 

Luckily most had been earted up a couple of days earlier so was only a day or so's growth that was affected..

My mums dwarf beans look pretty dead though.. I told her i thought it was a little early