Plant now for potatoes in July

By The Newsroom
Published 27th Mar 2015, 23:00 BST
John Shannon. INLT 13-802-CONJohn Shannon. INLT 13-802-CON
John Shannon. INLT 13-802-CON
The traditional time to plant seed potatoes is St. Patrick’s Day, but don’t worry you still have plenty of time as the weather is still a little cold.

Before planting remove all perennial weeds and dig out a trench roughly 20-25cm deep line the trench with a layer of well-rotted manure (available in the garden centre). Space each seed potato in the trench 30cm apart for early varieties and 40cm apart for main crop varieties.

The distance between each trench should be 60cm – 75cm. At the time of planting, apply a high phosphate fertiliser such as Westland Potato and Vegetable fertiliser or Westland General Growmore. After planting, back fill the trench and by the end of April, or sooner, if we get good weather the green shoots will start to appear.

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