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26 Feb 17, John (Australia - temperate climate)

If you've not got anything else to plant give them a go. I have grown potatoes on the east side of the house which is shaded by flats next door first off then the house after midday. You're not likely to get the yield that you would with a spring-planted crop but any potato is better than no potato! Trust this helps.

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17 Feb 17, David Reade (New Zealand - temperate climate)

If I planted seed potatoes now (Feb 17) is there any chance I'd get a crop before winter sets in?

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18 Feb 17, John Mauger (Australia - temperate climate)

Potatoes need about 3 months to harvest from planting for 'new' potatoes. That is about a month after flowering. If you can get 3 months before frosts give it a go or plant them in a frost-protected area. New potatoes are delicious but won't store like Old potatoes which are harvested after the tops die off. Trust this helps.

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05 Jan 17, Wendy (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Is January too late to plant potatoes and if not which variety should I consider? Thanks for your advice

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20 Jan 17, Bill Gee (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

See Otago Daily Times Friday 20 January, "plant early maturing potatoes now for harvest at Easter."

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02 Feb 17, (New Zealand - temperate climate)

You can plant a late crop of potatoes in January as long as you have sprouted seed ready. One thing to be wary of is the Psyllid bug as it is active as the weather warms up. There are mesh products available that you drape over the crop and that keeps the bugs off.

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27 Mar 16, Julia (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Can I get Dutch cream potatoes in NZ? I want to plant them.

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30 May 14, Ngaire (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Two questions: Will Dutch Creams grow in Southern Qld and are Dutch Cream organic seed potatoes available in New Zealand?

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28 Nov 11, Selwyn Law (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

I have grown some potatoes in flexi-bins - the light cheaper ones, 30 and 40 litre sizes. Drainage holes I melted into the sides of the containers with a hot pipe (neat holes) about 50mm or 2" up from the bottom. The holes being higher, allows a pool of water to remain in the pot and excess to drain out. Try a little potting mix about half full and top up the shoots with straw etc. Works well and containers are reasonably easy to move if required.

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09 Jan 11, Laura Kidd (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi, We have planted some potatoes and they are almost ready to harvest. I'm not really sure of the variety as my husband planted some potatoes, not from seed. It looks like there are some seed pods forming whee the flowers are. Can we use these for our next crop? If so, what do er have to do?

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