JBA Seed Potatoes - Pentland Crown - Maincrop

JBA Seed Potatoes - Pentland Crown - Maincrop

Pentland Crown's dry texture gives them a mild taste, making them suitable for a wide range of uses in the kitchen. This variety of seed potato is high yielding and the perfect choice if you are looking for a drought tolerance potato to grow in your allotment or garden.

As a maincrop seed potato, the round, white-skinned tubers can be harvested from August onwards if planted in March.

Key Information:

• High yielding, all-rounder potato variety
• Round tubers, with a white skin and flesh
• Dry texture with a floury taste

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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