Potato 'Sharpe's Express', 2kg
£7.95
notes
The Sharpe’s Express First Early Potato is of a pear-shaped form with white flesh and smooth skin. An heirloom variety that has become a gardener's classic, it is best served boiled whole, with the skins left on, in a salad or with butter and herbs.
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Dimensions
2kg bag of variously sized seed potatoes in sturdy brown paper bag
Features
notes
The Sharpe’s Express First Early Potato is of a pear-shaped form with white flesh and smooth skin. An heirloom variety that has become a gardener's classic, it is best served boiled whole, with the skins left on, in a salad or with butter and herbs.
Insights
Potato tubers belong to the nightshade family and have a remarkable story. Originating in Peru, they helped to fuel the civilizations that developed in the Andes. The 16th-century conquistadors took them to Europe and Raleigh planted seed potatoes in his Cork estate and introduced them to Elizabeth I. This variety was introduced in 1900 by Charles Sharpe in Lincolnshire.
Details
- First Early seeds cropping from June-July
- Produces smaller new potatoes
- Excellent for salads, and boiling
Planting
- Leave seeds arranged in an open tray in the light to chit before planting
- Plant with shoots upwards from March onwards once the soil has warmed
- Plant 7.5-13cm deep in a trench with a sprinkling of fertiliser or in bed dug over with well rotted manure or garden compost
- Leave 40-50cm between rows
- Full sun
- Avoid frost
Care
As shoots appear from the seed potatoes, cover with a ridge of soil. Continue to cover shoots as they appear. By the end of the season a ridge will have grown to approximately 15cm
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