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Seed potatoes
arrive at the farm just before Christmas. In February we prepare
the ground to plant the seed potatoes. The field is ploughed |
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The ground
is then cultivated and put into large beds ready for the destoner.
This machine picks up the soil, takes out the stones and puts
the stones to one side of the bank. (These stones are later
distributed back into the soil after the crop has been harvest
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This photo
shows on your left land that has been destoned, the middle
row has been bedformed ready for the destoner with the stones
placed in the trench on its right. In the top right had corner
you can see the rows already planted.
The potatoes
are planted by this machine. They are placed in the middle
of the banks 15cm - 25 cm apart depending on the variety of
potatoes.
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This photo
shows the field being planted and shows the Loe Bar pool and
the sea in the distance. |
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The potatoes
grow well in the warm Cornish climate and are ready to harvest
the first week in May. |
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When the
potatoes are ready to be harvested we lift them with a potato
harvester. This gently digs under the bank and lifts the soil
complete with the potatoes up onto a large web. The potatoes
travel up the web and the soil drops down through the bars.
The potatoes then travel over a picking table and here four
people pick out all the seed potatoes and stones left behind
by the harvester.
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This is
a photo of the picking table.
After
being washed sorted and loaded into the lorry they are taken
straight to the factory to be made into crisps.
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