Taylors Bulbs - Caledonian Pearl - First Early Seed Potatoes

Taylors Bulbs Caledonian Pearl - First Early Seed Potatoes

Easy to grow even in smaller gardens, the Caledonian Pearl potato variety produces large yields when harvested and is full of flavour, making it the perfect choice for boiling, baking, mashing and roasting. With a yellow skin and waxy flesh, this variety can be harvested from June and is a wonderful addition to summer salads.

Caledonian Pearl seed potatoes can be grown in bags or in a green house, with moist but well-drained soil. As a first early variety, planting out in March will provide a large yield by the early summer months.

Key Information:

• Eight first early seed potatoes
• Grown in Britain
• Planting out should take place as soon as the risk of frost has passed (March onwards)

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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