Potato growers should bide their time after the coldest month

The month of March was the coldest since records began in many areas, which left soil temperatures 1-2 degrees below normal.

Therefore potato growers should wait for soils to warm up and take their time before deciding to plant, advises Shay Phelan of Teagasc.

Taking seed out of a sprouting house at 6-8 degrees and planting them into soils at 3-4 degrees can cause a shock to the seed which can result in “little potato disorder”.