Taylors Bulbs - Winter Wilja Seed Potato

Taylors Bulbs Wilja Late Season Seed Potato

Wilja is a very versatile potato, long and oval in shape with a rough yellow skin and light yellow flesh. This late season/Winter variety of Wilja can be grown from late Summer for harvest at Christmas. These potatoes have a medium/dry texture, suitable for boiling, roasting, chipping and baking. Wilja mashes beautifully as they can be boiled without crumbling. These tubers have an excellent flavour and keep extremely well making them an ideal family potato.

Grow your own potatoes for Christmas with this Wilja seed potato pack for planting late July/Early August to grow new potatoes for late Autumn/Christmas.

Key Information:

• 10 x Summer planting seed potatoes for Autumn/Winter harvest
• High yielding variety
• If planting into open ground see back of the pack
• Potatoes should be ready in approximately 12 weeks, or after flowering. Harvest only as required, the remainder can be left in situ for up to a month

Advice & Tips:

• If planting into containers or potato bags use a good quality multi-purpose compost
• Place approximately 10cm/4" of dampened compost into the base and evenly space 3 tubers on top
• Cover with another 10cm of compost
• Water sparingly at first and monitor carefully, keeping the compost moist at all times but not allowing it to become waterlogged
• Once the plants have grown through this compost, repeat
• Continue to do this until the container is full
• Containers or potato bags should be moved to a frost-free area for Christmas harvesting

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