JBA Seed Potatoes - Foremost - First Early

JBA Seed Potatoes - Foremost - First Early

Short to oval in shape with a waxy white flesh, Foremost seed potatoes are an excellent all-rounder in the kitchen and a popular choice for 'grow your own' gardeners due to their fantastic taste. Although not particularly high yielding, this variety does have a good resistance to common scab disease.

Foremost seed potatoes are a first early variety which, when planted in March, can be harvested as early as June or July; this makes them a wonderful choice for use in summer salads as they can be boiled without any disintegration.

Key Information:

• Oval in shape with a white skin and flesh
• Good resistance to common scab
• Excellent flavour, and holds its shape when boiled

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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