Popular picks among customers Potato Patio Growing Refill CollectionSolanum tuberosum

Our superb Potato Patio Growing Refill Collection consists of ‘Charlotte’, ‘Vivaldi’ and ‘Maris Piper’. Three much loved Solanum varieties that can be grown easily in pot bags, veggie beds or allotments. Ready to harvest from July until September, be sure to incorporate into a range of different culinary dishes where you can really appreciate their intense flavours. They will enjoy direct sunlight to flourish and will continually produce high yields year after year. Our Potato Patio Growing Refill Collection contains a selection of some of the best and most popular second early potatoes to create the perfect patio trio whether you prefer your spuds cold, mashed or roasted.

Plant second early potato crops from March. Prior to planting, ‘chit’ the seed potatoes by setting them out in a cool, bright position (10C/ 50F) to allow them to sprout.

When growing second early potatoes in the ground avoid planting in soil where potatoes have grown for two years in succession to reduce the risk of disease. Prepare the planting area in a sheltered position in full sun on moist well drained soil. Dig in plenty of well rotted manure. Plant potatoes in rows at a spacing of 37cm (15″). Rows should be set out 75cm (2’, 6″) apart. Place the seed potatoes into 10cm (4″) deep trenches and backfill the soil to refill the trenches. When shoots reach 20cm (8″), mound up soil around the shoots leaving just a few cm showing. Repeat this process after a further 3 weeks.

Where space is limited, try growing potatoes in potato bags on the patio. Fill the potato bags by one third with good quality compost mixed with some well rotted manure. Space 3 seed potatoes in each bag on top of the compost. Fill the bags by another third and place 2 more seed potatoes on top of the compost. Finally cover them with more compost until the bags are full. Place the bags in a sunny position and water regularly to keep the compost moist.

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