Taylors Bulbs - Cammeo - Main Crop Seed Potatoes

Taylors Bulbs - Cammeo Maincrop Seed Potatoes

Producing consistent-sized potatoes which are full of flavour, the Cammeo seed potato variety has been known to have excellent disease and blight resistance, making it a popular choice for grow your own gardeners in recent years. The potatoes are oval-shaped with a white skin and light yellow flesh; they can be used for boiling and mashing, but are particularly tasty when made into chips.

Cammeo is a maincrop variety and, if planted out in March, can be harvested in September and October.

Key Information:

• Maincrop seed potato - ready to harvest in September
• 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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