Potato Desiree - seed potatoes

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$9.95

Delicious pink-skinned potato variety, very tasty and suited to a wide variety of recipes, especially good boiled and hasselback style as they hold their shape well after cooking. It's really easy to grow potatoes so if you've never tried growing your own food, this is a great place to start.

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Description

Potato Desiree
DESCRIPTION: Pink-skinned variety with tasty yellow flesh; plants have pink flowers instead of the usual white. Great all-rounder.
PLANTING: Potatoes grow in almost any soil, and they are great for breaking up hard compacted beds; but they really love sandy with a high humus content. They require nitrogen so add manure and garden compost to the soil before planting.
CARE: Water regularly to help it establish and keep it growing strong. Keep the bed weed-free and pick off any snails or beetles. New shoots will appear in 2-3 weeks; when this happens mound up the soil around the shoots to keep the tubers out of the light and encourage new tubers to form. Lift potatoes when mature plants begin to die. Leave freshly harvested potatoes in the sun for a day to prevent bruising, then store in dark and cool conditions
PACK : 500g of ready-to-plant virus-free tubers

HEIGHT:

PLANT SPACING

PLANTING DEPTH

PLANTING TIME

HARVEST

50cm

30cm

10cm

late winter-early spring

16 weeks

Availability