Second Early Potato – Kestrel
Kestrel have grown very well this season, and have grown into big potatoes.
Kestrel has:
good yields of very attractive, long oval tubers, coloured with pink
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good all round cooking quality, mashes well
Kestrel is well worth growing as a second early variety.
The potato variety Rocket produce very early new potatoes.
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Rocket potatoes are:
Rocket potatoes grow well under polythene, and can be extremely early.
Some other varieties of early potatoes are :
These early potato variety have more flavour than the Rocket, but are not as early.
Time of Maturity
An early potato will produce tubers in a shorter growing period than a main crop potato.
Second earlies and main crop can be stored over the winter.
Couldn’t wait any longer. The polytunnel has kept the soil dry. The seed
potatoes have strong, stubby, green chits. So, I planted 6 Sharpes
Express & 6 Maris Bard today. I figured that if they do get caught by a
cold frost, I have still got some more chitting on the window-sill.
* planting depth 10cm
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* cover the potato with soil
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* planting distance in row 30cm
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* distance between rows 60cm
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Early potatoes are planted closer together than main crop, because we
harvest them when they are smaller.
Early potatoes should be ready for digging in 10-12 weeks!!
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