Seed Potato Desiree Seed Potato Desiree
Seed Potato Desiree
Seed Potato Desiree

Seed Potato 'Desiree'

One of the most versatile crops you could grow
Perfect In Pots
Plant In Sunshine
Protect From Frost
Edible
RHS Garden Merit
  • 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, use your proudly grown potatoes in so many dishes, such as mouth-watering chips and roast potatoes
  • A reliable cropper and very easy to grow, enjoy home-grown crops in very little time
  • Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes, roughly 35 to 40 tubers, ready for chitting or storing ready for planting
1 x 2.5kg Pack - Item: 350040
Only £9.99

Product Description

One of the most popular potatoes available, 'Desiree' is a brilliant variety for all gardeners and now you too can grow your own! Simply delicious and highly versatile, the creamy-yellow flesh contrasts so well against red skin.

'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 a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes, roughly 35 to 40 tubers, ready for chitting or storing ready for planting.

What Is Supplied

Item 350040 supplied as:
1 x 2.5kg Pack

Plant Information

Top Tips

  • To limit the risk of disease, avoid planting into soil that has grown potatoes for two years in succession.

Care Guide

  • Unpack your seed potatoes immediately on delivery.
  • They will need chitting prior to planting. Stand them rose end up (the end with the most small eyes in the skin) in an egg box or shallow tray in a cool but frost-free, light and well-ventilated room so they can begin chitting (shooting). A temperature of 10°C (50°F) is ideal.
  • Leave for 3-4 weeks, and short dark shoots (chits) will emerge from the rose end. They will be ready to plant when these shoots are about 3cm (1in) long. Rub off the weaker shoots, leaving about 4 per tuber. If you leave all the shoots on, you will get more potatoes but they will be smaller. Take care not to damage the shoots when handling or planting.
  • Soil should be fertile and well-draining. For optimum harvests, particularly if the soil is heavy, dig in some well-rotted manure in the autumn/winter before planting. For lighter soils, just add some well-rotted manure or compost to the trench at the time of planting.
    Planting can be done from March onwards, when the risk of frost is reduced. Roots will develop best when soil is 15-20°C.
  • Dig a trench about 10cm (4in) deep and add some of our Organic Potato Fertiliser to the soil. Place the tubers in the trench, rose end up, about 10cm (4in) deep, 37cm (15in) apart, with 75cm (30in) between rows. Alternatively, plant to the same depth and distance apart in a large container or growing bag.
    Cover with soil and water in.
  • As soon as growth appears, protect the young shoots from frost by drawing up soil around them or moving pots or bags into a more sheltered position, such as a cool greenhouse. When the stems reach 23cm (9in), draw up more soil around them to prevent the tubers near the surface from turning green.

Aftercare

  • Keep weed-free and well watered through the growing season, particularly in warmer weather. Dry conditions will result in a reduced crop.
  • Top-dress with Organic Potato Fertiliser every 4-6 weeks according to packet instructions, working it into the top inch or so of soil around the plants.
  • Harvest from 13-17 weeks after planting, when leaves begin to turn yellow and die back.
  • Second early potatoes can be left in the ground for a couple of weeks when they are ready. Alternatively, brush the soil from the skins and allow them to dry before storing in paper bags or hessian sacks in a cool, dark place.
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Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
Plant Dimensions
50cm
50cm
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Seed Potato 'Desiree'
Seed Potato 'Desiree'
1 x 2.5kg Pack
Item: 350040
Only £9.99