JBA Seed Potatoes - Estima - Second Early

JBA Seed Potatoes - Estima - Second Early

Supermarkets often use the Estima potato variety as their baking potato of choice, thanks to its large oval shape and versatility in the kitchen; it can also be used for boiling, mashing, chipping and roasting if desired. This second early variety should be planted in March to allow for a late summer harvest.

Estima seed potatoes have good resistance to growth cracks and to slugs, and produce a heavy yield of light yellow skinned tubers.

Key Information:

• The baking potato most commonly sold in supermarkets
• Oval shaped with a light yellow skin and flesh
• Good resistance to growth cracks

Advice & Tips:

• Dig over the area you wish to plant your potatoes, removing any weeds.
• Create shallow ridges in the ground approximately 60cm apart, planting the seed potatoes into the ridge approximately 12cm deep and 22cm apart.
• When the plants have grown to approximately 20cm in height, draw soil up around the lower leaves to protect the newly forming potatoes
• For an earlier harvest, potatoes can be chitted before planting - to do this, place the seed potatoes into an open container, such as an egg box, and leave in a light and airy position, protected from frost, to allow the potatoes to grow small shoots. Be careful not to damage the chits when planting into the ground.

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