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it wouldn't work for all varieties athough who wants giant new potatoes? Yes I think it is down to personal choice. Its to create one stronger growing stem instead of several smaller ones. It might mean,as has been said , that you get less but larger spuds

. They won't do any harm. Can anyone help solve this: I found two of, what I can only say looked like small green tomatoes growing on my potato plants, when i cut one opened it was a greenish white colour with white tiny seeds in a kind of half moon shape

Hi, I've recently dug up a potato crop and most of them are quite small. I prefer to grow veg naturally no feed only sun shine (HA !!) and water. Any advice to make potatoes bigger? James Simple-you have to feed plants or feed the soil so they can

those growing close to the potatoes took a while longer to get it, and they were not so badly affected. You may be able to save the fruits if you pick them off very promptly and try to ripen them in a paper bag with a freckly banana - that's what I

. Very odd. Any ideas?  The are the fruit containing the seeds of the potato plant and they are poisonous - DO NOT EAT THEM. People new to potato growing are sometimes confused by the term 'seed potatoes'.  They are not the green fruit that you have seen

Every year so far there have been holes in or through my potatoes. What is causing this and how can I prevent it this year. Hi wellygirl2. holey potatoes can be caused both by slugs and wireworm. If the holes are right through then wireworm could

I have recently been told that you should always pinch the flowers out of potato plants. I have been growing potatoes for 35 years and have never done this. can you tell me if this is right. my potatoes have just started to flower, how do i know

many years ago on holliday in Spain in a restuarant i had the best potatoes ever, the owner said they were Spanish and grown in sand has anybody any knowledge in sand growing or was it a joke the spuds were really great  and i wondered if anyone has

Potato blight, Phytophthora infestans, determines the quality and quantity of our potato harvest. We grow our own spuds every year, but harvest them in varying quantities, depending on whether or not they've been affected.The fungal infection

Hi, Can anyone help identify this pest, if I leave my potato crop in the ground too long these tiny worm like creatures make holes and when dug up they all start to come out it is revolting.   Does anyone know any remedy for them. I do follow a crop