When to 'hill' container potatoes

17 years ago

I know there is a potato post already but I didn't want to hijack it. I am growing potatoes in a big wooden planter (3ft tall). My vines are starting to get some height to them. How tall should they be before I add soil to them to 'hill' them?

Larrick

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digdirt2
17 years ago
Usually we just hill as they grow. Just keep lightly burying the tops as they grow and they grow right back up through the soil. Hill until the hill is 8-10" tall. That way you catch all the producing part of the stems (depending on variety).

So if your's already have some height - hill away now ASAP. ;)

Dave
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