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Seed Potato 'Desiree' - Pack of 6 Tubers
One of the most versatile crops you could grow
Grows to
50 cm
50 cm
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Plant Care Information:
RHS Garden Merit
Perfect In Pots
Plant In Sunshine
Protect From Frost
Edible
Easy To Grow
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6 x Tubers
Item: 350015
£5.99
Grows to
50 cm
50 cm
6 x Tubers - Item: 350015
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- An ideal potato for home gardeners - and one of the most popular varieties we stock!
- Simply delicious with creamy-yellow fresh and red skin
- Highly versatile, make them into chips, roasties, jacket potatoes or simply boil them up and melt butter over them!
- A great reliable cropper and very easy to grow
- Supplied as a pack of 6 tubers
Key Points
- An ideal potato for home gardeners - and one of the most popular varieties we stock!
- Simply delicious with creamy-yellow fresh and red skin
- Highly versatile, make them into chips, roasties, jacket potatoes or simply boil them up and melt butter over them!
- A great reliable cropper and very easy to grow
- Supplied as a pack of 6 tubers
Full Product Details
Product Information
One of the most popular potatoes we stock, 'Desiree' is a brilliant variety for gardeners and now you too can grow your own! Simply delicious and highly versatile, the creamy-yellow flesh contrasts so well against the red skins.
'Desiree' is a great all-round maincrop variety – grow your own then get busy in the kitchen by making them into chips, roasties, jacket potatoes, or simply boil them up and melt butter over them!
A great cropper and very easy to grow – keep your home-grown potatoes in our traditional hessian sacks and they’ll keep right through to have with your Christmas dinner!
Supplied as six seed potato tubers.
What Is Supplied
Item 350015 supplied as:
6 x Tubers
Top Tips
Before planting out, we suggest 'chitting' by standing round end upwards in egg boxes, in cool, light room for 2-3 weeks, until small shoots emerge from the eyes.
Care Information
- Start with a little compost in the base of your container, about 15-17cm. Place the tubers onto the compost and half fill the pot. Keep some horticultural fleece handy, should cold nights threaten.
- Green shoots will eventually poke up through the compost, and when they do, cover them with another layer of compost, water and feed. Keep on adding as the plants grow until you reach the top of the pot or bag.
- First and second earlies will grow quicker than maincrop potatoes which are in the pots for longer, so require more regular watering.
- In the ground, first earlies will take around 14 weeks to mature, second earlies around 16 weeks, but in warm containers you can knock a couple of weeks off that, particularly if you like to eat them small and tender.
- New potatoes are at their best eaten immediately, so pull out only what you want for one meal, leaving the rest to grow on.
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Grows to
50 cm
50 cm
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