Growers face uphill struggle in perpetually waterlogged soils

摘要

Slow-drying soils this spring mean potato growers may need to reconsider their approach to primary cultivations to avoid causing more damage to land already suffering from the wet season. What action to take now is a question that many growers have been asking themselves, as the lasting effects of the sodden conditions in 2012 carry over into this season. Mark Stalham of Cambridge University Farm believes growers need to be careful in not creating more problems this spring with some growers panicking following the wet weather. "Patience and delaying [cultivations] until conditions are right will be critical," he told delegates at the SAC Association of Potato Producers Conference, held at Perth Racecourse, Scotland.