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solanum tuberosum
A delicious Christmas Harvest seed potato collection containing reliable and tasty varieties perfect for planting in the summer for winter harvests.
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Harvest
Get ready for the festive season with our Christmas Harvest Collection, featuring three 1kg bags of delightful potato varieties that are perfect for your garden:
Whether you grow them in open soil on your allotment, in a veggie patch, or a specially designed potato planter, you'll enjoy a bountiful harvest from late autumn to early winter, just in time for Christmas dinner. These seed potatoes thrive in full sun, so choose a sunny spot on your patio, balcony, or garden for optimal growth.
To protect your potatoes from frost, cover them with horticultural fleece as temperatures drop at night. If your planters are lightweight, bring them indoors on cold nights and return them outdoors during the day.
As your potato plants grow, remember to earth up the soil around the base every few days. This practice helps prevent the edible tubers from greening and becoming poisonous. Enjoy the satisfaction of home-grown potatoes this festive season!
Summer Planting Potatoes (also known as Second Cropping or 'Christmas')
These potatoes undergo cold storage from December through to June/July, without the use of chemicals, making them eager to grow in warm summer temperatures. It’s essential to plant them at the optimum time while the days are still long to ensure they reach their full potential.
Although referred to as "Christmas Potatoes," they are ready for harvest in October and will not grow larger after that. If left in the ground or in containers and protected from harsh frosts, they can be stored until Christmas, providing you with delicious homegrown potatoes for your festive dinner!
How To Grow
Chitting’ seed potatoes before you plant will help get them off to a flying start. Simply place the tubers in a cool, light place to encourage them to produce shoots.
This process is recommended for first earlies, along with second earlies and salad varieties, but not so much for main crop potatoes.
Potatoes grow in most soil types but do especially well in a well-drained loam that’s not too heavy.
Ideally, prepare the ground during late autumn or early winter so that the frosts can break down the soil and dig in plenty of well-rotted organic matter, such as compost or manure, to create a reasonable depth. Avoid planting potatoes on ground that’s previously been used for this crop within the past three or four years to avoid the build-ups of pests, such as wire worm, and diseases.
Dig a V-shaped trench, or use a trowel to make individual deep holes, and place the potatoes inside. Rows running north to south will allow the sun’s rays to warm both sides of the crop.
Guide To Plant Sizes
Seed Potatoes
Our seed potatoes are meticulously graded to sizes ranging from 35mm x 35mm to 55mm x 55mm. This grading ensures that the smallest seed potatoes in the sample are unable to fall through a 35mm square, offering you consistent quality. While more modern varieties tend to have a more uniform size, our focus on unique and heritage varieties means you may encounter greater size variability within each pack. Rest assured, we will always provide the stated weight in your order.
The harvest you achieve will ultimately depend on your specific growing conditions. Generally, smaller potatoes yield smaller crops, while larger ones produce more abundant harvests. However, it’s important to note that regardless of size, 1kg of seed potatoes will yield a comparable overall harvest, whether the seed potatoes are small or large.
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