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Plant list: Easy vegetables |
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Seed quality these days is so high, that getting a crop can be, literally, a matter of scattering seed onto a bit of bare earth. And there is heaps of information on the seed packet, so remember to read it. |
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![Latin name](/staticarchive/dac5d7ffc5f1a5bc1e72cb2d86ce3fd5a4aa1035.gif) | | Solanum tuberosum |
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![Common name](/staticarchive/1a71cf637284accfb29839c4e2cce7630054ce15.gif) | | Potato |
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![Type of plant](/staticarchive/901fc570d560e9eb68782c5a7ada5252b7e266a7.gif) | | Tuber |
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![Hardiness](/staticarchive/21d3e11ef324ac1334493f33363520df0196781b.gif) | | Tender |
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![Flower colour](/staticarchive/c8313c6a97d94817495dd0e48cee5813255e20c8.gif) | | White |
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![Leaf colour](/staticarchive/b2186f1ea27f6a94311be101a22ece4de462dbc3.gif) | | Kid-green |
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![Height and spread](/staticarchive/9643371e7ffc3c42ce7b822f131abe63b34ae6b5.gif) | | 60cm x 60cm (2ft x 2ft) |
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![Description](/staticarchive/e87fc4bf8627031950f041690c618b261c108801.gif) | ![](/staticarchive/317496a096d6c86486a71d4521994bcd171a6bb3.gif) Potatoes prefer acid soil. There are many types which harvest early, for example ‘Maris Bard’; second early, for example Wilja; and maincrop, for example King Edward. Spuds are also a labour saving way of breaking up poor soil! |
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