JBA Seed Potatoes - Harmony - Maincrop

JBA Harmony Seed Potatoes - Main Crop Variety

Harmony is a very popular export variety of potato that produces large crops of clean, white skinned tubers that are very resistant to scab. Harmony make tasty baking potato's as well as making a good variety for boiling and mashing.

This particular variety of potato tubers can be planted either into containers or directly into the ground, allowing anybody to have a go at growing their own potatoes. 

Key Information:

• Very good resistance to scab
• Produces high yields
• Ideal for baking, mashing and boiling
• Harvest times are subject to weather and climate

How to Grow:

• If planting into open ground, dig over the area and remove any weeds, adding a general fertiliser and well-rotted compost if available. Plant each tuber 10-13cm deep and 25cm apart in a row, with approximately 60cm between each row.
• Keep the potatoes well watered throughout the growing process; blight can be avoided by keeping the leaves as dry as possible. When the plants have reached a height of approximately 10cm, draw up earth around the sides of the plants to encourage additional potatoes to grow and to exclude light from the tubers.
• To grow in containers or potato bags, place approximately 10cm of dampened multi-purpose compost into the base and evenly space three tubers on top. Cover with 10cm of compost and water sparingly, ensuring that the compost stays moist but not waterlogged. Once the plants reach a height of approximately 10cm, add more compost and repeat again when the plants grow through this additional layer. Continue with this process until the container is full.
• Potatoes should be ready to harvest in approximately 15 - 20weeks or after flowering. 
• The seed potatoes will turn green when exposed to the light, do not worry this is normal.

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