Potato and Tuber Crops

Planting

• Sets 25 – 30 cm length are planted vertically in beds, mounds or ridges to a depth of 5 cm.
• Care should be taken to avoid planting of sets inverted.
• Spacing depends on branching pattern of varieties.
• Normally erect and non-branching varieties are planted at 75 x 75 cm and branching or semi-branching varieties at 90 x 90 cm. In case, sets are dried after planting, 5% of stakes may be planted as reserve in field, separately at a closer spacing of 4 x 4 cm for gap filling after 20-25 days.