Lady Balfour Seed Potatoes

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Section: Fruit & Veg
Category: Potatoes

Lady Balfour is a Scottish bred variety of potato which has a number of key attributes for garden use.

Possessing excellent resistance to some of the major potato diseases including blight, scab and virus Y, Lady Balfour can usually be grown well without chemicals. As it thrives in low fertility situations it can be grown with less artificial fertiliser too.

The partly coloured tubers have tasty firm flesh best suited to boiling or baking as 'jackets'. Second Early variety. Flesh Colour - Cream. Uses - boil, steam, mash, saute, baked and roast.

Immediately upon arrival unpack your seed potatoes and keep them in trays in a light, airy, frost free place to sprout prior to planting. Planting - depth 10cm (4"); spacing in row - 30-40cm (12-16"); width between rows - 70-75cm (28-30").

Soil should be well-worked and rich in humus (farm-yard manure or garden compost). Earth up two to three times as the top grows, to avoid green tubers. Feed with a balanced fertiliser and always keep your potatoes watered well during dry periods to ensure a good crop.

NB: Quantities are approximate and based on 10 tubers per kilogram.