Laying of early potatoes

Laying of early potatoes

Peter Norris
March 20, 2016

The bed for the earliest potatoes has been covered with plastic since the beginning of March, and this morning the soil thermometer reported 6 ° in 5-10 cm depth. Compared with the weather forecast for the coming time, this means that the average temperature of the day can easily stay above the 8 ° that potatoes should preferably have when they are laid. Then they were laid. The soloists came in gutters which were watered at the bottom and added a sprinkle of chicken manure. And then the plastic on again. When the daytime temperature exceeds 10 °, make ventilation holes in the plastic as otherwise it can get too hot underneath when the sun is on.

If you have a little limited area and would like to make the most of the kitchen garden space, you can easily use either radishes or, for example, arugula between the rows of potatoes. A possible later hype may require a little sensitive green fingers, but it is possible - it is not 50 meters of potato rows in question.