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Top 10 Tips For potato growing

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When to plant your seed spuds? Well, early potato varieties are usually planted about mid -March but it can depend on where you live and what the weather is doing. In about 10-12 weeks after planting, so about June, they will be ready to lift. Second early varieties can be planted mid-March up to April and are ready from July to August. Maincrop varieties can be planted at the same time as second earlies but take 125-140 days to reach maturity. It is about July onwards, depending on how early you planted them, when they

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