JBA Seed Potatoes - Gemson - Second Early

JBA Seed Potatoes - Gemson - Second Early

Perfect for summer salads, Gemson seed potatoes are a high yielding variety and can be ready to harvest as early as July; they can also be used for boiling, roasting and baking thanks to their high versatility in the kitchen.

The Gemson tubers are small and round, with a white skin and cream flesh. Although they have a low resistance to blight, their resistance to scab diseases is strong.

Key Information:

• High yielding variety
• Produces a round tuber
• White skin and cream coloured flesh

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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