Other names
tater, spud, tattie, murphy
Botanical name
Solanum tuberosum
Plant category
Root and tuber vegetables
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Facts and figures
Light requirements
Sun / partial shade
Nutrient requirements
Heavy feeder
Difficulty level
Intermediate
Culture (according to Gertrud Franck)
A - tall or wide crops, almost year-round
Row spacing
50 cm
Plant spacing
35 cm
Growth height
30 - 100 cm
Sowing depth
10 cm
Pre-growing period
30 days
Planting & harvest times of Potato
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Pre-grow
Transplant
Harvest
Transplant to bed from Early April to Late May. Pre-grow about 30 days before planting out, approximately between Early March and Late April. Harvest begins around Early September and continues until Late October.
Plant Potato
Unless you want to get into breeding new varieties, you don't normally grow potatoes from seed. Instead, you plant (pre-sprouted) seed potatoes. The sowing details here therefore refer to planting seed potatoes.
Good and bad companions of Potato
Very good neighbours
Good neighbours
Bad neighbours
Very bad neighbours
Predecessors and successors of Potato
Potatoes make great predecessors for most vegetables, as they leave behind well-loosened, deeply worked soil. That's why, when setting up new beds, people traditionally grew potatoes as the first crop.
Very good predecessors
Good predecessors
Bad predecessors
Good successors
Bad successors
Very bad successors
Harvest and processing
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