Autumn & Christmas potatoes
potato collection
Harvest a generous crop from autumn to mid-winter, by planting these specially selected, cold-treated seed potatoes in late July and...
15 × seed potatoes | 5 of each
£9.99
£11.97
available to order from summer
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Plant description
Harvest a generous crop from autumn to mid-winter, by planting these specially selected, cold-treated seed potatoes in late July and August. Kept dormant in a temperature-controlled environment, they can be planted (without chitting) into a well prepared bed or potato planting bag. Approximately twelve weeks later they will be ready to start lifting.
Eventual height & spread
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Frost tender
How to care for Autumn and Christmas potatoes:
There is no need to chit seed potatoes which are planted in summer, so just plant them straight out into trenches dug into a well-prepared bed about 30cm (12") apart, or plant them into a potato grow-bag, making sure there is at least 20cm (8") of compost beneath them. Add a general purpose fertiliser to the bottom of the trench or growbag and then cover the potatoes with a 20cm layer of soil or compost. Keep well watered and as the plants get to around 20cm (8") tall you need to bank up the soil around the plant, so the soil covers the bottom two thirds of the plant. Watering your plants well will help improve crop yield and discourage potato scab. It is important that the crop is protected from frosts and the crop should be ready to harvest in around 12 weeks.
What's included:
In each taster collection you will receive 5 tubers each of the following:
- 'Maris Peer': Smaller than average potatoes with a subtle flavour, are ideal for boiling, steaming or roasting whole. They have a light skin, creamy flesh, and a good overall uniformity, while also showing a good resistance to powdery scab and skin spot.
- 'Charlotte': Popular and high-yielding, these pear-shaped salad potatoes have a waxy flesh that maintains a good flavour when eaten hot or cold. Reliable and easy to grow in a wide range of soils, they have some resistance to scab and a good resistance to blight.
- 'Pentland Javelin': This is a good early maincrop potato which produces a high number of tubers per plant. It has good resistance to common scab, powdery scab, spraing, mild mosaic virus, slugs and bruising. A firm favourite which has creamy-white flesh that rarely discolours on cooking and is perfect for roasting and general kitchen use.
Warning
Humans/Pets: Seed potatoes and plants - Harmful if eaten
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