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'Christmas' Seed Potato 'Nicola' (1kg)

Price 6.99

Short description

'Christmas' Seed Potato 'Nicola'

Produces numerous long oval tubers with a cream skin and a waxy textured medium-yellow flesh with a mild, buttery flavour. They have excellent boiling qualities so are ideal cooked as either boiled new potatoes or eaten with salads. Can be eaten either hot or cold, with or without skins. Great for growing in pots and containers.

This particular product has been developed for a seasonal Christmas crop these are better planted outside in a sheltered position in mid July so that the tubers can develop before the first frosts. If you have a frost free greenhouse, polytunnel or conservatory, these can be planted anytime through August/September(see below for more planting details).

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  • €13.95 Nationwide Delivery on all orders up to 20KG (excludes some larger items)
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'Christmas' Seed Potato 'Nicola' (1kg)

Kapiteyn
Price 6.99

Short description

'Christmas' Seed Potato 'Nicola'

Produces numerous long oval tubers with a cream skin and a waxy textured medium-yellow flesh with a mild, buttery flavour. They have excellent boiling qualities so are ideal cooked as either boiled new potatoes or eaten with salads. Can be eaten either hot or cold, with or without skins. Great for growing in pots and containers.

This particular product has been developed for a seasonal Christmas crop these are better planted outside in a sheltered position in mid July so that the tubers can develop before the first frosts. If you have a frost free greenhouse, polytunnel or conservatory, these can be planted anytime through August/September(see below for more planting details).

  • Quantity
Stock
Item Currently in Stock
  • €13.95 Nationwide Delivery on all orders up to 20KG (excludes some larger items)
  • Click 'n' Collect Service Available
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'Christmas' Seed Potato 'Nicola' (1kg)
Price 6.99
  • EAN code
    5060934471654
  • Brand
  • Weight
    1kg
  • Planting Time
    September, August, July
  • Harvest
    October, November, December
  • Planting Depth
    10-15cm
  • Potato Type
    Christmas Crop

Produces numerous long oval tubers with a cream skin and a waxy textured medium-yellow flesh with a mild, buttery flavour. They have excellent boiling qualities so are ideal cooked as either boiled new potatoes or eaten with salads. Can be eaten either hot or cold, with or without skins. Great for growing in pots and containers.

This particular product has been developed for a seasonal Christmas crop these are better planted outside in a sheltered position in mid July so that the tubers can develop before the first frosts. If you have a frost free greenhouse, polytunnel or conservatory, these can be planted anytime through August/September(see below for more planting details).

Growing Potatoes for Christmas

How to grow potatoes for Christmas harvests

It must first be noted that potatoes harvested from summer, if you have them, cannot then be replanted for a winter crop as they go through a long period of dormancy and will not produce winter tubers. If you are holding some of your summer crop back, these are best stored in a cool, dark place for planting the following spring. 'Christmas' seed potatoes that are available from our garden centre from mid-summer have been specially cold stored for planting from mid-summer through to early autumn, to develop tubers for the late autumn/winter season

  1. You will need a large pot that is at least 30cm wide and deep.
  2. For best results add a layer of compost or soil mixed with well-rotted manure to fill about a third of the pot.
  3. Add one to three potatoes and then fill with another third of a pot of compost or soil, so the pot is now about two thirds full.
  4. As the foliage develops through the next month or two, earth up the potatoes with further compost or soil until the container is almost full, leaving a fee centimetres to aid with watering.
  5. Keep well-watered but not soaked, and add a potato fertiliser on occasion – especially if foliage starts to yellow.
  6. Protect your containers/potatoes from frost – you could even put some fleece over the top.
  7. The foliage will yellow and die down in late autumn and can then be removed and composted with the tubers left in their pots and kept fairly fry until you need to harvest them at Christmas.
  8. Enjoy with your Christmas Dinner!

You can also grow 'Christmas' seed potatoes outside as you would your summer crop but these would need to be planted in mid-summer, in the usual way these should then grow and form tubers before the first frosts in autumn, especially in sheltered gardens in the south of Ireland. Up here in the west of Ireland, it is recommended that you either grow them as outlined above or grow them in a bed in a greenhouse or tunnel.

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