A bushy perennial grown as an annual vegetable for its edible tubers. A high-yielding second early potato ready to lift in July/August, with waxy, pale yellow flesh, good for salads and for boiling. If lifted later in the year, it becomes more floury and better for chips, mash, baking or roasting. Said to have a very strong resistance to blight
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in fertile, moisture-retentive soil for high quality and heavy yields. Improve soil by adding organic matter in autumn. Draw earth up around the stems as they emerge, to exclude light and prevent the potatoes from becoming green. Water well in dry periods. Potatoes can also be grown in large containers or potato gro-bags. See potato cultivation for further advice
Grow from certified seed potatoes
No pruning required
May be susceptible to cutworms, slugs, wireworms, leaf and bud eelworm, Potato cyst nematodes
May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely), Potato scab and Potato blight and may be susceptible to Potato rot, Potato blackleg and stem canker