JBA Seed Potatoes - Marfona - Second Early

JBA Seed Potatoes - Marfona - Second Early

A high yielding variety, Marfona seed potatoes can be ready to harvest as early as July and are suitable for a wide range of uses in the kitchen; their large, oval-shaped tubers are particularly suited to jacket potatoes, as their cream coloured flesh keeps a good flavour once baked.

Marfona seed potatoes have a reasonable resistance to blight and other potato diseases, but they store well and can be enjoyed for a long time after they are harvested.

Key Information:

• High yielding variety
• Oval shaped with a light yellow skin and cream coloured flesh
• Moderate resistance to blight and scab

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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