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Potato Maris Peer | Summer Planting | Scottish Basic Seed Potato
Potato Maris Peer | Summer Planting | Scottish Basic Seed Potato

Potato Maris Peer | Summer Planting | Scottish Basic Seed Potato

SKU: BU30000016
5 × seed potatoes | summer planting
£3.99
Available to order from summer
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Overview

Sharpe's Express is a heirloom variety introduced in 1900 by Charles Sharpe of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. It is Pear shaped with bright white flesh, smooth skin and a superb 'new potato' flavour. Boil whole in skins (as it is floury) It great hot with butter or cold with salads. favourite amongst 'home-growers' for many years. Best cooked whole (Either boiled or steamed) Sharpes Express was TV gardener, Percy Thrower's favourite If planted in summer, you can begin to harvest your new potatoes in late autumn to Christmas.

Specifications

  • Position: sun-partial shade
  • Soil: fertile, well drained
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Harvesting period: early to mid June
  • Hardiness: protect tubers from frost
  • Toxicity: Seed potatoes and plants are harmful to humans and pets if eaten

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

There is no need to chit seed potatoes which are planted in summer, so just plant them straight out into trenches dug into a well-prepared bed about 30cm (12in) apart, or plant them into a potato grow-bag, making sure there is at least 20cm (8") of compost beneath them. Add a general purpose fertiliser to the bottom of the trench or growbag and then cover the potatoes with a 20cm layer of soil or compost. Keep well watered and as the plants get to around 20cm (8in) tall you need to bank up the soil around the plant, so the soil covers the bottom two thirds of the plant. Watering your plants well will help improve crop yield and discourage potato scab. It is important that the crop is protected from frosts and the crop should be ready to harvest in around 12 weeks.

Warning

Humans/Pets: Seed potatoes and plants - Harmful if eaten

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