Potato Barrel - Help!

[Victoria Plum]

Help!

I have a potato barrel in my greenhouse ... but I have just left the plants to grow and now my greenhouse is being taken over by the potatoes ... should I trim them back? I have tried to tie them back - but the leaves are just too heavy. Any tips? Should I just leave them?

I have also not had any flowers on the plants yet - is this normal for this time of year? I was expecting flowers from late June onwards? Are things just a bit slow this year? (My tomatoes are still green...)

Any advice would be gratefully received!

[terrier]

Hi Victoria Plumb, welcome to the forum. Whereabouts in the world are you? It's unusual to grow spuds in a greenhouse. Depending when you planted and what type of seed used potatoes take on average 20 weeks to grow. If you've got that much foliage, have a dig into the compost and see what you find there. As for tomatoes, I live in North wales,UK and my toms in the GH are only just starting to ripen now.

[Victoria Plum]

Hi Terrier,

I'm in South London ... with a very small garden and I thought that it would be a good idea to put my barrel in the corner of the greenhouse (this is my first year with a garden of my own!) ... thanks for the advice - I'll have a dig around and see what I've got growing - I'll be so disappointed if there are no spuds after all this! Next year I'll move the barrel out of the greenhouse!