Comments on: When to Plant Seed Potatoes

By: Sunny Intervals in the Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

Sunny Intervals in the Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:23:17 +0000

[...] soon as the soil is dry enough early potatoes can be planted. There is no point putting potatoes into wet, cold soil. They will not start to grow & will [...]

By: March in the Vegetable Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs

March in the Vegetable Garden « TopVeg – growing veg,fruit&herbs — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:00:21 +0000

[...] plant early potatoes as soon as the ground is dry enough seed-potato-in-hole [...]

By: TopVeg

TopVeg — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:49:26 +0000

Ben
There is no need to water potatoes in normal weather conditions, if they are outside in the ground. The soil around the potato seed wants to be moist when they are planted to encourage the roots to grow. Normal rainfall will keep them growing.
Are they showing through yet?
Best wishes

TopVeg

By: Ben Short

Ben Short — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:05:13 +0000

When should I start to water the potatoes after planting?