How to Plant Potatoes
I know there are a lot of people who read my blog who are totally new to gardening and planting there first potato would be a daunting task. So hopefully this post will be helpful to a number of people for next spring as well as now for planting second cropping potatoes.
Potatoes can be grown in most soils, they are ideally suited to a sunny location where the soil has recently been dug. If you are planting main crop potatoes or second cropping potatoes it would also be a good idea to sprinkle a little Growmore on the soils surface.
Plant the tubers 5 inches deep, 12-15 inches apart in rows which are around 27 inches apart. Alternatively if you are growing in pots you should only one potato in a twelve inch pot.
When the plants are around 9 inches high you can begin earthing up, this is the process in which the soil is drawn in around the plants to stop sun light getting to the potatoes under the soil.
The potatoes may need a little watering in dryer whether but this is only really important once the tubers have begun to form.
Harvesting can begin once the plants begin to flower however if you wish to store the potatoes you should wait until the haulm (tops) begin to die. When harvesting make sure that you harvest ever single potato however small, as these will grow again next year and this can cause problems.
So that is the basics, I will post in more detail about planting potatoes in spring when earlies, second earlies and main crop potatoes should be planted.
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thanx 4 that you’ve just made growing potatoes very simple