potatoes

[Mimiko]

My potato plants have started dying completely, they went all brown and withered down. They haven't flowered but there are potatoes in the ground, the ones I've seen have been wee baby ones around 5 cm. What's happening and what should I do?

[paul]

Could be blight. cut all the foliage off and lleave them for a bit.They may grow, if not burn all the potatoes and foliage and don't use the same ground next year.

[JerremyB]

Maybe they are just some small potato plants. Have you grown these exact ones before?

[twiglet]

have you planted an early variety,if so they have died off becouse they are ready.If not,just pull up the potatoes and eat them now anyway.if it is blight the potatoes are still edible but they wont store.

[Smacx25]

Have you dug up a complete plant? My dunluce looked like peas until I dug down and found much bigger spuds

[thesinginggardener]

I chitted my potatoes this weekend YouTube - meandmyallotment2010's Channel

[tony Sirett]

just planted out my 3 rows of twenty today, have been turning the soil 3 times a week for the last couple of weeks and seems to be very free now so fingers crossed

[Mark Ryding]

Just put mine into the grow sacks, we shall see what transpires!

cheers Mark