Yes, we bump the potatoes: in the furrow of about ten centimeters we place our potato plants, we close and form a mound all along to ensure that our plants are well sheltered under a good layer of soil.
I have already planted early ones: Rose de France, Cheyenne and Jeanette, they are roses with white flesh.
Jacky Mercier organic market gardener in Frontenay sur Dive appreciates these firm-fleshed potatoes. Please note these are not ware potatoes.
And apart from precocious ones?
Charlotte and Bernadette: flesh and yellow skin. Excellent for storage.
What to do against beetles? Jacky doesn’t really have any advice to give, the best thing is probably to pick up the striped-shell insects as soon as you see them. If you have children: here is a game to set up, who will collect the most beetles?
– Don’t crush them! – Why ? – It stinks !
Jacky has a sensitive nose…
And don’t forget that you don’t eat potatoes that have been exposed to light and have turned green, because they are then poisonous.