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POTATO FAQ - How many bags of seed/Ha

  So every time I get a call about seed potato inquiry and I share my price; K600 and K800 we’re good until we get to the part where we multiply by the number of bags. So guys, seed rate is 40,000 seeds/Ha. You get around 350 - 450 seeds/25kg bag. So you’ll need around 115 bags (25kg) of seed potato/Ha. The reactions are hilarious. Some people think I don’t know what I’m talking about, others challenge me and others….I let them be. My primary business is production so I focus most of my energy on that. Anyways friends, potato is not maize. Potato is a high value crop. Cost of production is high. Seed accounts for around half the total cost of production. But if you manage it well, the money comes back and a good amount of it. Which bring me to the next point. If you plant your crop with D Compound; you will not get the yield. If you have water for forcing, you will not get your yield. If you don’t use the correct fertilizer rate, you will not get your yield. If you spread you