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    Spud spacing

    Hi all I have earmarked two beds for spuds next year.The bed sizes are

    12ft x 4ft

    9 ft x 4 ft

    Im thinking of planting late spuds in the bigger bed, spacing 18" and 12" between rows as below
    ----------------------------------------
    12
    X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X
    12
    X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X
    12
    X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X 18 X
    12
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    Giving me 21 late spuds,will this spacing cause me any peoblems or are there certain varieties I should avoid


    Earlies will go in the smaller bed with 12" all round giving me three rows of 8.So will this be enough room or should i take some out

    TIA
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    Ithink that the spacing between rows is not enough the reason being not enough soil between rows to earth them up i would put 2 rows in the bed leaving then you will have enough soil along the outside of the bed to earth them .
    Ps i do not use the bed system so it may be ok with your narrow spacing but i do not recomend..jacob
    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
    Ralph Waide Emmerson

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    • #3
      I had 2ft between rows last year, any less and as Jacob said there wouldn't have been enough space to earth up
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      • #4
        That's if you do earth up - have you thought of trying Tattie Man's bag method?

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        • #5
          I put my earlies in a bed at 12" spacing both ways last year and they were great. My main crop were spaced a bit further apart, with 6 rows of 3 (ie 18 total) in 4' by 10' beds which must have meant that that the spacing was somwhere along the line of 16" one way and 20" the other way. Worked well and although I was rather lax in my earthing up I didn't get any green potatoes.

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          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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          • #6
            In such a small space I wouldn't bother to earth up. Just cover with a mulch as the tops develop. I used grass clippings and wood chips last year and I know that some people use old newspapers.

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