Kitchen Garden Forum

would it be ok to scatter dry grass clippings along my newly planted potatoes?regards byrpat

On top of the emerging shoots acts like fleece as frost protection.

So, go for it.

go for it,it will do no harm.

As long as you haven't recently put any Weed & Feed or other lawn treatment on your lawn, in which case they recommend not using it as a mulch or putting it in your compost heap for at least 5 mowings.

Dear Primrose, that is a very good point you have made there, i know someone that gets grass cuttings for his compost heap from a gardening company, and i know the lawns are treated by a lawn care firm.
I can see him getting problems one day.

Yes, I know somebody who thought all the instructions on the Lawn Weed packet were a load of nonsense, dug his lawn cuttings in all over his borders for mulch and suffered severe damage to his plants as a result.