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Hi
I'm not having much luck with my potatoes this year. I used grass cuttings to earth up my potatoes that I've grown in raised beds as advised by Monty Dom. However I've just checked them and the grass cuttings at the bottom around the potato plants seem to have gone very wet and mouldy. At the moment the plants are looking very healthy but will this rot the potato plants? Should I remove it and replace it with something else?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Best wishes
Kath

Hi chloe29.

I used to use grass clippings which like you say do get manky but so long as they are not against the stems it won't hurt the plant or the developing spuds as they are protected under the soil. I did earth up as well & just laid it between the rows. It does act as an excellent mulch to keep the weeds down & the soil moist which the spuds like.

Hi westi
That's great! Thank you so much for your help.
Kath