Verve 1.5kg King Edward Seed Potatoes (Main Crop)

Product information

King Edward is a wonderful maincrop that yields moderate quantities of delicious potatoes, suitable for roasting, boiling, mash and more. This variety is one of the oldest in the UK, with disease resistance that ranges well above average, this traditional crop can be harvested all throughout the summer months.

• Plant in Moist, fertile & well drained Fertile, humus & loam
• Plant in March - May, harvest period August - October
• Instructions for sowing - To plant in open ground, dig a trench about 15cm deep and place your seed potatoes along the base of the trench, 30cm apart with the sprouts facing upwards. Cover the seed potatoes with 5cm of soil.
• Instructions for planting - Chit your potatoes before you plant. Chitting allows the seed potato to produce little sprouts before they're planted in the ground. This gives them a great head start. The easiest way to chit seed potatoes is by placing them in a egg carton, positioned in a cool frost free location. Once the little shoots are about 3cm long, they're ready for planting.
• After planting care instructions - Once the shoots appear 15cm above the soil, mound the soil to cover most of each shoot, creating a ridge. Leave about 5cm of the shoot above soil level. Repeat this process every few weeks until the ridge is about 30cm high. Frost can damage young potato plants so use fleece or a cloche to protects from low temperatures.
• Watering instructions - Keep potatoes well watered especially in dry weather.
• Green star claim - Growing your own produce can help to you to manage the environmental impact of your food.*

Features and benefits

• A maincrop variety of potato.
• Good cropper
• Floury texture.