JBA Seed Potatoes - Lady Christl - First Early

JBA Seed Potatoes - Lady Christl - First Early

With good resistance to disease and pests, Lady Christl seed potatoes are a popular first early choice for 'grow your own' gardeners as they mature quickly and are one of the fastest varieties to produce baby new potatoes. They are also well-suited to growing in containers if you have a smaller garden space.

Lady Christl potatoes have a yellow skin and a creamy flesh, which has an excellent flavour and is known to remain firm after cooking; this makes it a good choice for boiled potatoes and chips, as well as baked and roast potatoes.

Key Information:

• Oval shaped tubers with a yellow skin
• Good resistance to common scab
• Produces good sized yields and can be used in a variety of ways in the kitchen

Advice & Tips:

• Dig over the area you wish to plant your potatoes, removing any weeds.
• Create shallow ridges in the ground approximately 60cm apart, planting the seed potatoes into the ridge approximately 12cm deep and 22cm apart.
• When the plants have grown to approximately 20cm in height, draw soil up around the lower leaves to protect the newly forming potatoes
• For an earlier harvest, potatoes can be chitted before planting - to do this, place the seed potatoes into an open container, such as an egg box, and leave in a light and airy position, protected from frost, to allow the potatoes to grow small shoots. Be careful not to damage the chits when planting into the ground.

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