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  • 29-06-2015 9:23pm
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    johnd123
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    has anyone ever tried sowing potatoes after an early crop in the same place or tried a second crop of anything in the same place in one year


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    invicta
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭invicta


    johnd123 wrote: »
    has anyone ever tried sowing potatoes after an early crop in the same place or tried a second crop of anything in the same place in one year

    Plant cabbage, swedes,turnip,broccoli,or chard! or lettuce and salad leaves.
    Nor is it too late for beetroot,courgette or marrow, you should be able to source plants (or seed)in any garden centre,
    Definitely,after early spuds plant away!!


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    celica00
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    can I throw in my own question here too?

    when would be the latest date to plant potatoes?

    Can I still plant some?


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    Maidhci
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    celica00 wrote: »
    can I throw in my own question here too?

    when would be the latest date to plant potatoes?

    Can I still plant some?

    Absolutely - I planted my early potato varieties in late February and commenced harvesting early May - approximately 12 weeks from sowing to harvest. Therefore, you should have plenty of time to sow maincrop potato varieties now for harvesting late September / October.


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    iainBB
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    celica00 wrote: »
    can I throw in my own question here too?

    when would be the latest date to plant potatoes?

    Can I still plant some?

    I am about to plant some in July in the Polly.


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    invicta
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭invicta


    iainBB wrote: »
    I am about to plant some in July in the Polly.

    Can be done, but watch for frost from mid Sept!
    Planted a winter variety of potato last Oct in tunnel and had new spuds at Xmas!
    Probably way to late to plant main crop potato as they need a lot more time to mature compared to early varieties, and would be very succeptable to blight from a very young stage


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    iainBB
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭iainBB


    invicta wrote: »
    Can be done, but watch for frost from mid Sept!
    Planted a winter variety of potato last Oct in tunnel and had new spuds at Xmas!

    The Polly is under ground and is heated with 4 wheel bin of hot compost. Starting end of September. No real issues with frost until late Nov early Dec.


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    celica00
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭celica00


    excellent, thanks guys :)


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    johnd123
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭johnd123


    thanks will try a 2nd crop


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