Grow some of our customer favourites this summer! Potato 'Favourites Collection' are our bestselling varieties as chosen by you. This superb collection brings together six well-loved names that you can depends upon to provide excellent yields of tasty, home-grown potatoes. With something for every kitchen use, this collection will provide plenty of potatoes throughout the summer. Height and spread: 60cm (24").
Potato 'Favourites Collection' comprises:
Potato ‘Arran Pilot’ (First Early) - A traditional favourite with white flesh, a firm waxy texture and a pleasing flavour. Potato ‘Kestrel’ (First Early) - Producing tubers of consistent size and shape, with attractive, smooth skins and violet eyes. Potato ‘Charlotte’ (First Early) - Pear shaped, yellow skinned, waxy tubers and creamy yellow flesh of first class flavour. Potato ‘Rocket’ (First Early) - Almost round, white skinned and fleshed tubers. Potato 'Jazzy' (second early) - We’ve been amazed by the enormous yields that this variety produced in our trials.Potato ‘Desiree’ (Early maincrop) – The world's most popular red potato, with pale yellow, firm waxy flesh. Growing Information
Plant first early potato crops from the end of February and maincrop potatoes from March. Prior to planting, ‘chit’ the seed potatoes by setting them out in a cool, bright position (10C/ 50F) to allow them to sprout.
When growing potatoes in the ground avoid planting in soil where potatoes have grown for two years in succession to reduce the risk of disease. Prepare the planting area in a sheltered position in full sun on moist well drained soil. Dig in plenty of well rotted manure. Plant potatoes in rows at a spacing of 45cm (18”). Rows should be set out 75cm (2’, 6”) apart. Place the seed potatoes into 10cm (4”) deep trenches and backfill the soil to refill the trenches. When shoots reach 20cm (8”), mound up soil around the shoots leaving just a few cm showing. Repeat this process after a further 3 weeks.
Where space is limited, try growing potatoes in potato bags on the patio. Fill an 8 litre potato bag to just below the top of the bag with good quality compost mixed with some well rotted manure. Carefully plunge a single chitted potato tuber into the compost with the shoots pointing upwards at a depth of 12cm (5") from the soil surface. Place the bags in a sunny position and water regularly to keep the compost moist.
