Potato
Bintje potato: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
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How do you plant Bintje potatoes?
Plant your potatoes in spring when the soil is workable, according to your climate and variety. Choose sun and loose, fertile, well-drained soil. Add mature compost if needed and plan to protect young shoots if late frosts are forecast.
Place tubers in trenches about 15 cm deep, sprouts uppermost, then cover without breaking the sprouts. Space early varieties about 30 cm apart, with 60 cm between rows; allow about 37 cm apart and 75 cm between rows for maincrops. Adapt these guidelines to the supplier's instructions.
In containers, use a large pot or bag with drainage holes and suitable compost, adding more gradually as plants grow to keep tubers covered. Change growing plots each year to reduce the build-up of soil problems.
How to care for this plant
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Earth up plants
Wait until shoots are about 20–25 cm tall before gradually earthing up. Leave the shoot tips exposed and keep tubers covered.
How to harvest Bintje potatoes successfully?
