

Growing potatoes on your whenua
Potatoes are a quick crop, harvested a few months after planting. This factsheet covers what they need from the soil and climate, when to plant, the growing cycle, pest management and harvest.
It gives running costs and returns using a Pukekohe farm as the example, and covers food safety registration, freshwater farm plans for larger operations and the compulsory industry levies.
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