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Blight Beater Potato Collection 4kg (3 varieties)

If potato blight has been a problem for you in the past, then try our collection of blight-resistant varieties. Contains 2kg of Toluca (Maincrop) - The blight resistor! A superb early maincrop potato with better resistance to blight than any other variety we offer! And it's versatile in the kitchen too! and 1kg each of Lady Balfour (Second Early) - A Scottish bred variety which has a number of key attributes for garden use. Possessing excellent resistance to some of the major potato diseases including blight, scab and virus Y, Lady Balfour can usually be grown well without chemicals. As it thrives in low fertility situations it can be grown with less artificial fertiliser too. The partly coloured tubers have tasty firm flesh best suited to boiling or baking as 'jackets'; Valor (Maincrop) - One of the latest maincrops to mature but well worth the wait. Valor gives an excellent yield of large creamy white tubers that store well. Tubers have a dry firm texture and are good for baking and boiling. A vigorous grower with excellent all round disease resistance. IMPORTANT - Immediately upon arrival unpack your seed potatoes and keep them in trays in a light, airy, frost free place to sprout prior to planting in March/April. Planting - depth 10cm (4"); spacing in row - 30-40cm (12-16"); width between rows - 70-75cm (28-30"). Soil should be well-worked and rich in humus (farm-yard manure or garden compost). Earth up two to three times as the top grows, to avoid green tubers. Feed with a balanced fertiliser and always keep your potatoes watered well during dry periods to ensure a good crop. IN PATIO CONTAINERS/GROW BAGS: Try Lady Christl, Swift, Winston, Anya, Charlotte or most early varieties. We recommend one tuber to a 20 litre pot. In grow bags, reduce length by a third to give more depth and plant 2 tubers to a bag. If growing this way, the compost will need to be well watered. If any potatoes come to the surface, cover with more compost or black plastic to prevent the tubers turning green. December onward ORDER DESPATCH - Potatoes are sent separately from your seed order and will be despatched from December onwards, weather permitting. Please note that we monitor weather conditions daily during critical periods and do not despatch when frosty conditions are forecast. 3kg pack will be enough to plant a 10-12m row. HEALTH BENEFITS: A good source of vitamin C (Anti-ageing, wound healing, decreasing blood cholesterol and prevention of infections. Assists the body in absorbing iron) and Potassium (Regulates heart rhythm, nerve impulses and muscle function), protein and fibre.

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