[shokkyy]

Mine were looking huge and healthy in my tunnel - until my evil lurcher sneaked in there and had a wonderful time rolling and digging in them. I could really go off that dog.

[Bing]

mine pop up last week and I earthed up, but today, I see them out again! unstoppable!

[Beetroot queen]

I had to earth mine up daily in the bins hoping for a decent dinner someday soon 

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Mine are finally through

[Growster...]

Just through on the 'Patch' two days ago.

Greenhouse pots are nearly a foot high!

[Sweetpea C]

First earlies through - pentland javelin and aran pilot - do these need earthing up? I have protected them from rabbits. Oh the responsibility of it all!

[DD.]

I'd leave them for a week or so, unless you need to cover them up to protect from a forecast frost.

Remember that the leaves are the plant's food factory and depriving them of light continuously with stop this production. The main aim is to get them well earthed up for later in the season as the spuds develop and it's just the lower part of the haulms that need covering.

[Sweetpea C]

I'd leave them for a week or so, unless you need to cover them up to protect from a forecast frost.

Remember that the leaves are the plant's food factory and depriving them of light continuously with stop this production. The main aim is to get them well earthed up for later in the season as the spuds develop and it's just the lower part of the haulms that need covering.

Thank you DD - I wish my plot was in Loughborough and then I could just copy you! Onwards and upwards!

[rawrecruit]

my earlies and my mains are through, so exciting!

[Cosmo]

Very new to this but put some charlottes and king Edwards in about 4 weeks ago and the K.e.s just coming through now! BUT can anyone help, made a bit of a school boy error as I had just got the plot and got it cleared very quickly, desperate to put something in, planted the pots but with no compost or manure in the trench. Any advice as to how to feed them?

[ptarmigan]

No sign of anything from the spuds yet....put in a month ago. 

[fatbelly]

Nipped down the plot to water G/House last night and a couple of my Spuds are just about showing. Need to look hard thou.

[Steveharford]

Mine neither. Planted 1st April. One of them is Accent which is supposed to be one of the earliest. Must be a joke !

[A Reyt Tayty]

All mine are going great guns now. My maincrops have overtaken my second earlies which were planted 2 weeks earlier.

[Yorkie]

Very new to this but put some charlottes and king Edwards in about 4 weeks ago and the K.e.s just coming through now! BUT can anyone help, made a bit of a school boy error as I had just got the plot and got it cleared very quickly, desperate to put something in, planted the pots but with no compost or manure in the trench. Any advice as to how to feed them?

Just bung fertiliser into the trench when you earth up.  Chicken poo pellets or potato fertiliser.