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Potato 'Patio Collection'

Solanum tuberosum

Tender Tuber

Grow your own vegetables in even the tiniest of spaces! This special Patio Potato Collection is perfect for growing potatoes on patios, balconies and other small spaces.

  • Patio Potato Collection includes:
  • 3 Potato Grow Bags
  • 15 Potato tubers - 5 each of: ‘Swift’, ‘Charlotte’ and ‘Desiree’
  • 1 pair of Potato Cleaning Gloves

    Ideal For:
    patio
    Position:
    full sun
      • 1 Patio Potato Collection

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      • Despatch: By end of May 2012
      • £14.99
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    Plant first early potato crops from the end of February, and second earlies and maincrop during March. Prior to planting, set the seed potatoes out in a cool, bright position (10°C) to allow them to sprout. This process is called ?chitting?.

    Fill the potato bags by one third with good quality compost mixed with plenty of well rotted manure. Space 3 seed potatoes in each bag on top of the compost and then cover them with more compost and manure until the bags are two thirds full. Place the bags in a sunny position and keep the compost moist until shoots appear through the soil surface. When shoots reach approximately 10cm (4?), cover them with more compost and manure until the bags are full.

    Keep potato plants well watered throughout the growing season. Harvest first earlies 10 weeks from planting, and second early crops 13 weeks from planting, when the foliage begins to turn yellow and die back. After harvesting, store potatoes in a cool, dark frost-free position until you are ready to use them.
    We will do our best to ship your plants or bulbs to you at the ideal time for planting as stated against each product. We recommend that you prepare your soil, planting beds or patio containers ahead of time so you are ready to plant out, or pot on, just as soon as your order arrives. You will find the name of the variety printed on the top line of the address label on your package. Please ensure that you open the packaging immediately and carefully read through the instruction leaflet provided. For greatest success, please pot on or plant out as soon as possible, following the cultural instructions enclosed with your order.
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