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Sow Seed orders are usually despatched within 1-2 working days.
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Desiree Seed Potatoes (Main Crop) |
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Desiree produce oval red skinned tubers with pale yellow flesh. Heavy cropper and early bulking. High resistance to drought & good resistance to potato virus Y and powdery scab.
Medium dry matter, firm cooked texture, good boiling, fresh French fry & mashing quality.
Maincrop potatoes are higher yielding than first and second earlies and usually have larger tubers. Maincrop cultivars can either be used fresh from the ground or stored for winter use.
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Weight
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500g
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1kg
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2kg
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Potatoes*
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5-6
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10-12
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20-24
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Our Seed Potatoes are sold by weight, quantities shown are aprox number of tubers graded at 35mm x 60mm. |
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| Planting Information |
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Suitable for:
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Boiling, Baking, Mashing & Chipping
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| Resistance: |
Scab Resistant |
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Harvest:
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125–140 days and if planted in late April can be harvested by mid-August, and this can continue through to October. Harvest the main crops when the tops have completely died back. Pick a fine day for your harvest.
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| How to plant: |
Dig a hole 15cm deep and plant tubers with eye end upwards 35cm apart in rows 70cm apart. Back fill until the hole is once again flat.
Once the potatoes start to grow through, you should then start to earth up. Earthing up is best done with a garden hoe. The aim is to form a peaked ridge with the loose soil at the edge of the trench to prevent your potatoes turning green which would make them inedible. This might be required 2/3 times a season.
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| Soil: |
Ideal soil conditions for growing potatoes are sandy loam soils which can be enriched with lots of organic matter to aid water retention and provide suitable feeding for you potatoes.
Heavy clay soils can be improved by adding sharp sand and lots of organic matter in the autumn so that the new soil mixture can be exposed to frost which will help break up the soil structure and make it easier to work with.
If you are unable to get organic matter you can add compost to the area you wish to plant your potatoes in.
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View our great value selection packs and seed gift boxes.
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| A great selection of seeds suitable for Autumn and Winter sowings. |
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View our useful sowing calendar |
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