PLANTING POTATOES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 6 (Supplement)

PLANTING POTATOES.

The distance apart at which sets are placed depends on the soil, the situation, and the variety planted. .The rows ought to be from fifteen to thirty inches apart, the distance- being equal to the general height the tops grow. If the rows arc too close they do not admit enough light and the result is that the tops get drawn and weak, do not dry readily, and are more prone to disease, feirthing up cannot be well done if they are too close, as enough soil cannot be obtained. It is better to err on the wide than the narrow side, in fact, the crop depends largely upon the fact of having sufficient working room between' the rows. For the general run of stronggrowing main crop varieties, thirty to thirty-six inches is not ton much. ■ The distance between the sets in the row should also be in proportion to the strength of the tops. The distance may vary from six to twelve inches, the former for early sorts, the latter for stronggrowing main crop varieties.