Children from a Pembrokeshire primary school are keeping the county's potato growers on their toes by planting a crop of their own.

Fenton Community School is one of 10,000 schools throughout Britain taking part in a project run by the British Potato Council.

The school was given vouchers to buy the equipment it needed and the British Potato Council provided the seed potatoes.

Fenton Community School planted its crop of Rocket and Vales Emerald in buckets last week with the help of local grower, Richard Hayman.

Mr Hayman, a member of Puffin Produce who grows 250 acres of potatoes at Rosemarket, says the aim of the competition is to get children interested in the origins of their food.

"Until just a few years ago six out of ten children thought that potatoes grew on trees, but attitudes have changed dramatically through Grow You Own projects,'' said Mr Hayman, of Norton Farm, Rosemarket.

The crop at Fenton will be harvested and weighed in June when there will be prizes for the schools which yield the heaviest crops.

Mr Hayman is keen for Fenton to do well.

"I have a vested interest in making sure our local school does well so I brought along some special Norton Farm soil to add to their compost to help them along,'' he said.

He admitted that the potential competition from these young growers was a little daunting.

"I'm a little bit concerned that if we teach these little farmers to plant their crop too well they might have better yields than us and there might be an over-supply in the market this year.'' All will be revealed in June when the potatoes hit the scales and the children get the opportunity to taste them.