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Growing New Potatoes in Pots

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by Tracey in How to Grow Veg, My Veg Plot

Four weeks ago I planted my Bambino and Orla Potato tubers in pots. This week the foliage has started to appear above the soil in the pots which were filled one third full of soil.

There’s still time to start growing your own potatoes this year, visit the garden centre to purchase your potato tubers and then view my helpful ‘How to grow your own potatoes guide’ and instructional slideshow to show you how to grow your own potatoes in pots.

I have decided to grow the following varieties this year:

Bambino – Organic Salad Potato
It is a light and creamy but less waxy variety to other new potatoes. It has good resistance to tuber and foliage blight and scab.

Orla – Organic 1st Early
A reliable 1st early with good disease resistance to blight and scab. It is oval with white skin and creamy flesh.

Cara – Organic Late Maincrop
Cara is a soft, robust and waxy potato suitable for baking and roasting. It has a good resistance to eelworm, drought and blight. It is an oval variety with creamy flesh and pink eyes.

As maincrop potatoes give you a better harvest when planted in a raised or allotment bed, I will be planting mine in my Plot this year.