Peas and potatoes

[bikegirllisa]

This is almost certainly a very silly question - forgive me if it is.

Can I plant potatoes and peas in the same raised bed?  I've seen a lot of advice all around the net that names "companion" planting, but I can only assume potatoes are noisy neighbours that drink and like loud parties, cause they have no companions listed anywhere that I can find.

I want to plant Cara maincrop potatoes in 2/3 of a 4m x 2m bed, and sugarsnap peas in the other 1/3.
  Would this work?

[bikegirllisa]

[hippydave]

thats not quite companion planting, thats more like growing peas next to pots and there is no problem at all with that, if you want to get another crop out the area that the spuds take up sprinkle a few radish seeds on the top of the earthed up pots that will be ready before the pots get too big and drown out all the light.

[manicscousers]

Hiya, just remember to leave enough space between the two crops to earth up our spuds  :)

[tonybloke]

I have seen broad beans sown along the top[ of a potato ridge ( same time as spuds) these were main crop planted early ( planted in feb) and the chap used the broad beans as a support for fleece on cold nights. beans were harvested and stalks cut down long before spuds were cropped.

[chriscross1966]

I have seen broad beans sown along the top[ of a potato ridge ( same time as spuds) these were main crop planted early ( planted in feb) and the chap used the broad beans as a support for fleece on cold nights. beans were harvested and stalks cut down long before spuds were cropped.

That's a very neat trick :D