Growing potatoes in the garden has been a trend for many years. In order for plants and tubers to develop well, you should pay attention to the correct row spacing of the potatoes in the bed.
In a nutshell
- larger row spacing advantageous
- facilitates the care of the potato plants
- increases the harvest
- improves the quality of the tubers
Table of contents
- Plant and row spacing
- Row spacing in the bed
- Distance after harvest time
- frequently asked Questions
Plant and row spacing
For a rich harvest are at cultivation of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) in the garden bed, the row and plant spacing are decisive criteria that are easy to confuse.
- planting distance: refers to the distance between the individual seed potatoes or Potato plants in a row
- row spacing: Space between each furrow in which the seed potatoes are placed
If you want to grow early, middle and late potatoes, it is advisable to use the rows for the different potato varieties to be created as part of the bed preparation. So all plants have enough space.
A notice: You should avoid putting late potatoes in the row of harvested early potatoes. potatoes are heavy feeder. As the early varieties leach the soil, the late potato varieties no longer thrive there.
Row spacing in the bed
How much space you should leave between each row of potatoes is discussed in different ways. On the one hand, the same distance of about 75 centimeters is recommended for all potato varieties. On the other hand, there is information that after harvest time judge. However, there is agreement that a larger row spacing is preferable. On the one hand, it not only offers more space to walk between the rows, but on the other hand it also makes things much easier, for example
- at the pile up resp. filling in the ditches,
- in the pest control and
- when removing weeds
Distance after harvest time
The time of harvest can also influence the distance between the individual rows of tubers. For example, if you plant early and later varieties, you should consider different row spacing for healthy development of the potatoes.
| new potatoes | Minimum distance: 40 to 50 centimeters don't need to be piled up as often shorter culture time |
| late potatoes | Minimum distance: 70 to 80 centimeters need to be piled up more often longer culture time |
A notice: The maximum distance between the rows is 90 centimeters for all potatoes. In your own garden, however, it is only used if you have a lot of space.
frequently asked Questions
In the raised bed, the distance between the rows is 30 centimetres. You should leave about 15 centimeters free at the edge of the bed. In small raised beds, you should plan 20 to 25 centimeters in all directions between the planting holes.
Since Solanum tuberosum needs a lot of space, the information relates to a plant in a bucket. For round planters, the diameter should be between 20 and 25 centimeters. If you use a square vessel, the edge length should also be between 20 and 25 centimeters.
In intercropping, the spacing depends on the plants you want to plant between the rows of potatoes. 60 centimeters are given as a rough guideline.