Potatoes after Sugar Beet

[The Fenster]

Any disadvantages or risks to growing potatoes after Sugar beet on well bodied black land? Not had potatoes for 7 years previously , low PCN count . Potato varieties will be Agria and Maris Piper

Thanks

 

[Lincs Lass]

Place I worked on grew sugar beet and spuds ,after sugar beet it was all ways a cereal crop ,we never grew spuds after beet

 

[ollie989898]

Trying to think of possible pitfalls, how do you deal with volunteer beet in (if any appear) in the spuds?

 

[Spud]

Any disadvantages or risks to growing potatoes after Sugar beet on well bodied black land? Not had potatoes for 7 years previously , low PCN count . Potato varieties will be Agria and Maris Piper

Thanks

The main question I'd ask is how much salt has been applied to the beet

 

[Lincs Lass]

Trying to think of possible pitfalls, how do you deal with volunteer beet in (if any appear) in the spuds?

Especially if there was alot of weed beets .

 

[Spud]

Trying to think of possible pitfalls, how do you deal with volunteer beet in (if any appear) in the spuds?

Thats easy enough, broadleaved weeds aren't usually a problem to a decent pre em

 

[Spud]

Especially if there was alot of weed beets .

We grew beet on a farm that hadn't had beet for 15+ yrs. Never saw a volunteer beet in cereals, potatoes or cereals in all of that time. Drilled it with beet and you'd think we'd spun weed beet seed on with a spinner! Conviso next time round sorted that problem

 

[Lincs Lass]

We grew beet on a farm that hadn't had beet for 15+ yrs. Never saw a volunteer beet in cereals, potatoes or cereals in all of that time. Drilled it with beet and you'd think we'd spun weed beet seed on with a spinner! Conviso next time round sorted that problem

Fat Hen never grows in cereals and spuds ,,drill beet and its everyware

 

[Spud]

Fat Hen never grows in cereals and spuds ,,drill beet and its everyware

It grows in spuds here, especially in a dry time

 

[ollie989898]

Thats easy enough, broadleaved weeds aren't usually a problem to a decent pre em

It's the late germinating stuff that would concern me. As you say the pre-em helps but it is not fool proof.

 

[Spud]

It's the late germinating stuff that would concern me. As you say the pre-em helps but it is not fool proof.

Always better with a cereal in between roots

 

[ollie989898]

Always better with a cereal in between roots

I would agree generally as it makes sense to have a cereal to make the full use of the break crop.

 

[Spud]

I would agree generally as it makes sense to have a cereal to make the full use of the break crop.

Generally spring oats here after late lifted beet then follow with a first wheat. Then spuds.

 

[Luke20]

All the potential mess and compaction from lifting the beet not worth it imo

 

[DrWazzock]

We once changed our minds and planted spuds instead of beet. We’d already applied salt in the winter and it didn’t seem to affect the spuds.I’ve always sprayed spuds with boron by mistake and similarly no obvious effects.

 

[richard hammond]

We once changed our minds and planted spuds instead of beet. We’d already applied salt in the winter and it didn’t seem to affect the spuds.I’ve always sprayed spuds with boron by mistake and similarly no obvious effects.

But I would not want to knowingly do it as the investment in a crop of pots /ha is immense !

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

compaction and soil damage from sugar beet harvesting showing up in the following potato crop would be my concern.

 

[Flatland guy]

It depends when you are lifting the beet crop if lifting in September/early October in good conditions and can subsoil afterwards probably not any problem later on might be more deep compaction issues.
Just double check any labels from products applied to beet crop for restrictions should be ok, caligula has a few minor cropping restrictions so check if you have used that product. If you have used conviso beet just check them label requirements. Potatoes are non flowering so not an issue if you have used neonic seed treatment.

I would agree generally as it makes sense to have a cereal to make the full use of the break crop.

In certain parts of Lincs the wheat/cereal is the break crop and might just be on well bodied black land if has access to irrigation etc cropping options are immense.

 

[Mixedupfarmer]

Bit more risk of violet root rot if there is any history of it.

 

[alomy75]

Potatoes are non flowering so not an issue if you have used neonic seed treatment.

Erm…are you sure about that?!!