Posted by mazemeister on March 18, 2013 at 04:27:46 from (24.187.98.163):
In Reply to: Re: Tater Questions posted by Dell (WA) on March 17, 2013 at 22:57:57:
The potatoes from the grocery store may or may not have been treated with sprout inhibitor- but for those that have, it is actually a gas that is ducted into the storage barn and recirculated through the pile with forced ventilation. as to row spacing, when we did potatoes commercially, we used 36" rows. 34" were and are very common also. i've never heard of less than 34. i think the reason has to do with machinery though- you have to leave enough space between the rows so you can get a tractor tire through without trampling the crop. Also, the final cultivation or "hilling" throws up a lot of dirt and it has to come from somewhere-the tire track.
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