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Growing Guide - Potatoes |
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Potatoes will grow in most types of soil. It is an excellent crop to grow in order to break up the ground. They do like plenty of manure .
Potatoes are grown form seed potatoes these are available from Rocket Gardens but supplies are limited to certain times of the year. Please enquire for further details info@rocketgardens.co.uk">
Early varieties: Plant February – End of March to provide new potatoes in early summer.Use fresh as they will not store.
Second early varieties: Plant April to lift in June – August. Use fresh as they will not store.
Maincrop varieties: Plant April to lift in September / October. Can be used fresh or stored
When you receive your early potatoes if they are not aleady chitted (shoots emerged from the potato) this can be done by laying the potatoes on shelves somewhere cool (40º-50ºF) (5º-10ºC) indoors in the light (avoid frost).
Maincrop varieties need not be chitted.
Plant earlies / second earlies about 4 inches(10cm) deep at 1 foot (30cm) spacings in rows 20inches(50cm) apart.
Plant maincrop varieties 5inches (13cm) deep at 16 inch (40cm) spacings in rows 24 inches (60cm) apart.
When leaves begin to protrude a few inches above the ground draw earth carefully up and over the crop. Carry out the same process again in a few weeks time. Your potato patch will take on a ridge and furrow effect. Weed between the rows as required. Water in dry weather. Don’t allow any growing potato tubers to be exposed to the light or they will turn green and cannot be eaten.
Lift earlies carefully using a fork when they are at a size that you like to eat! When they start to get too big cut off their leaves and this will stop them growing. Don’t lift too many at a time as they don’t store for very long and are far better if eaten immediately after being lifted from the soil.
With maincrop potatoes start lifting for storage once the haulms (tops) have completely withered awa |
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