Potatoes South Africa calls for more partnerships between commercial, small-scale producers
South African potato industry is appealing to stakeholders to form more partnerships to drive growth and transformation
Tag: potato planting
Herbicide timing is key for effective weed control in potatoes
The timing basics needed for successful weed control in potatoes can be thought of in three manners: There are three ...
Potatoes plant almost finished before it gets wet all over
The start of the potato growing season is going according to plan in large parts of the country, unlike last ...
What we’ve learned from 17 years of fight against blight data
Our Fight Against Blight programme started in 2004 and since then ‘blight scouts’ have sent in over 10,000 samples of ...
Potatoes need patience
One veteran potato farmer welcomes Wednesday's potato boost, but questions whether the new land can get up to speed by ...
Help with nozzle selection in crop protection: The “Spray Assist” app can do this
new digital tool helps to improve the biological performance of crop protection products in grain, maize, rapeseed, beet and potatoes
Start potato cultivation 2021 successfully
With the exception of the southwest, the start of the potato growing season is late. But the soil structure is fine, ...
P.E.I. exporting potato expertise to Canada’s North
Growing potatoes in the North may not be an endless series of bad news
After crops rotation- “pesky potatoes”
Potatoes are a great crop to have in a field unless they pop up in years when they aren’t supposed ...
Season 2021 – fist slated for early June harvest
this very welcome trend to gain even greater momentum, once new season crops for 2021 are available.
Potato & green manures – challenging cultivation plan
Green manures are used to the maximum. A building plan with potatoes, onions
Disease docket – what to expect 2021
A cross country check-in on what to expect for potato diseases this growing season.
Dutchs will help promote Kenya potato subsector
The Nakuru in Kenya county government plans to strengthen its collaboration with the Dutch government in promoting new technologies and ...
Pre-sprout with chimney in box it’s better
wooden chimney in the box ensures optimal aeration and less work when pre-sprouting seed potato
P.E.I. growers have new pesticide to fight wireworm
P.E.I. potato growers estimates cost of wireworm damage to crops at $5 million a year
Width between rows from 28 to 38″ – how best?
Just how much does the space between your rows affect your potatoes
Working on the next generation
working with his two sons to transfer the family’s potato farm
Plant potatoes as early as February
We have never planted this early
Verticillium wilt a ‘complicated knot to untie’
verticillium wilt is a serious disease that diminishes quality and causes significant yield loss by reducing tuber size.
Revisiting the impact of heat stress on potato
Heat during the growing season is causing disease problems for potato growers
Engineer Q&A: potato bruising / gentle handling
why some fertilizers increase the likelihood of bruising and the perfect temperature for potato processing.
Fertilizing potatoes in the rows – best financially
A reduced basic fertilization in the row scored the best financially for potatoes last year
Nematode problem : 5 tips on using Nemathorin
Growers using Nemathorin for the first time this spring to control nematodes in potato crops are being urged to carefully ...
Potatoes cannot wait for some snow either
farmers still fear that (part of) their harvest will be lost. "Better give us a lot of snow,"
Nitrogen – new protocol applications in potato crops
A new protocol for estimating the determinacy of potato varieties will be released in the next few months and will ...
