[fletcherbaker]

hi all i have 3 raised beds in my garden all around 8ft by 3ft how many first earlies would i be able to plant and what spacing would be recommended cheers all

[mumofstig]

John's potato planting guide is here, showing distances between seed and rows
http://www.allotment-garden.org/vegetable/potato/potato-growing-guide.php

[bazh]

2 rows of 8 spuds in each bed but it'll be tight, it may be easier to grow through black polythene rather than earth up.

[Salmo]

Probably best to grow the rows short ways on rather than try to get 2 x 8 fy rows in.
i.e. 4 x 3ft rows either 3 or 4 seed potatoes per row.

You could of course do as many farmers do and plant 2 rows 10 inches apart along the 8 ft length and earth them up as one 3 ft wide mound.