Main Crop
Picasso Seed Potatoes are a versatile and high-yielding maincrop variety known for their smooth skin with attractive pink eyes and creamy-white flesh. This potato is a reliable performer in the garden, producing large, uniform tubers with excellent cooking qualities. Picasso is a great choice for boiling, roasting, mashing, and baking, thanks to its delicious flavour and fluffy texture.
Key Features:
Maincrop Variety: Picasso potatoes mature in around 20 weeks, offering a plentiful harvest ready for late summer and autumn.
Delicious Flavour: With a creamy texture and rich taste, these potatoes are perfect for all-purpose cooking, including mashing, roasting, and baking.
High Yield: Renowned for its heavy crops of large, uniform tubers, making it an ideal choice for those looking to maximise their harvest.
Long Storage Life: Picasso potatoes store exceptionally well, allowing you to enjoy your harvest for months after lifting.
Disease Resistant: This variety boasts good resistance to common potato diseases, ensuring a healthy and reliable crop.
Growing Instructions:
Plant maincrop potatoes from March. Before planting, 'chit' the seed potatoes by setting them out in a cool, bright position (around 10°C / 50°F) to allow them to sprout.
When growing maincrop potatoes in the ground, avoid planting in soil where potatoes have been grown for two years in succession to reduce the risk of disease. Prepare the planting area in a sheltered position with full sun on moist, well-drained soil, and dig in plenty of well-rotted manure. Plant the seed potatoes in rows, spacing them 45cm (18") apart with rows set out 75cm (2', 6") apart. Place the seed potatoes into 10cm (4") deep trenches and cover with soil. When the shoots reach 20cm (8"), mound soil around them, leaving just a few centimetres exposed. Repeat this earthing-up process after another three weeks.
If space is limited, consider growing potatoes in bags. Fill an 8-litre potato bag with high-quality compost mixed with well-rotted manure, leaving some space at the top. Carefully plant a single chitted tuber with the shoots pointing upwards at a depth of 12cm (5") from the soil surface. Position the bags in a sunny spot and water regularly to keep the compost moist.
By following these steps, you'll enjoy a fantastic harvest of Picasso Seed Potatoes, perfect for creating a variety of delicious dishes!
