JBA Seed Potatoes - Sarpo Mira - Maincrop

JBA Seed Potatoes - Sarpo Mira - Maincrop

As the most blight resistant potato variety in the UK, Sarpo Mira seed potatoes are a very popular choice for 'grow your own' gardeners; their red skin is well-known to deter slugs and it can produce very high yields with little maintenance.

This maincrop variety can be harvested from August onwards and stores well for future use. Its floury flesh gives the Sarpo Mira potato a wonderful taste, making it a great choice for baking, boiling, chipping and roasting in the late summer months and beyond.

Key Information:

• Red-skinned variety with a floury flesh
• High yielding with good storage properties
• The most blight resistant potato variety available in the UK

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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