[Anton]

Help please. After unsuccessfuly trying to purchase some Wilja potatoes again this year (I don't think they can be exported to Belgium anymore), I turned to an online French supplier and ordered six types of early potatoes (recommended as being productive, fairly blight resistant and easyish to conserve).

Each of the six packets contains 25 potatoes. I think I have miscalculated so, any idea how many rows I can cover with that on a plot that is 7 metres by five approximately, please? I can make the plot bigger if necessary.

[mumofstig]

The planting distance for early potatoes is often given as about 30cm apart with 40-50cm between the rows.
So by planting eg 15 potatoes across the 5 m width, you actually have room for 14 rows.. (assuming my dodgy maths is right for a change  )

[Anton]

Thanks a lot, mumofstig. That puts my mind at rest.