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Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club |
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Field Crops - for Glider Pilots |
| POTATOES | Return to Home Page |
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Potatoes are sown in March/ April into raised beds and will initially appear as a dark green line as the plants emerge.
The crop will initially fill along the lines and then across between
the rows by around the end of June. |
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Early August |
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Very deep lush top growth now around 60cm deep. Stay away from this crop if you wish to fly tomorrow. |
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| Mid July | |||
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| Very deep lush top growth now around 60cm deep. Stay away from this crop if you wish to fly tomorrow. | |||
| Late June | |||
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| Planted in beds around 25cm deep. This flat topped bed is now becoming the normal seedbed for potatoes rather than the traditional pointed ridges. The field with the irrigator working is potatoes. | |||
| Mid June | |||
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| Planted in beds around 25cm deep. This flat topped bed is now becoming the normal seedbed for potatoes rather than the traditional pointed ridges. Most of the crop is now emerged and will grow rapidly to meet across the rows within the next week. The field with the two irrigators working is potatoes and still looks brown but the uneven surface will be more visible from close range. | |||
| Early June | |||
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Sorry no aerial photo |
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| Planted in beds around 25cm deep. This flat topped bed is now becoming the normal seedbed for potatoes rather than the traditional pointed ridges. Most of the crop is now emerged and will grow rapidly to meet across the rows within the next 2 weeks. | |||
| Mid May | |||
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| Planted in beds around 25cm deep. This flat topped bed is now becoming the normal seedbed for potatoes rather than the traditional pointed ridges | |||
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Links to other Field Crop Pages |
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| Beans | Potatoes | Winter Wheat | |
| Grass | Spring Barley | ||
| Oilseed Rape | Sugar Beet | ||
| Peas | Winter Barley | "No Go" Fields | |