Seed Potato Aphrodite

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Second Earlie seed potato Aphrodite is an early maturing potato variety and is a great all-rounder. It is a high yielding variety and has excellent flavour making it good for boiling baking and chipping. It is suitable for cultivation in all types of soil.
Before planting seed potatoes they need to be chitted. Chitting encourages the growth of the shoots on seed potatoes before planting and will produce heavier crops than would otherwise be obtained. Chitting involves placing the seed potatoes in a shallow tray with the thicker end uppermost in a well-lit dry frost-free position. It normally takes about 4-6 weeks for the shoots to grow to about 2-2.5cm so they are ready to plant - work back from the intended date for planting to decide when to start chitting.
Second Earlies such as these can be planted in the south (of the UK) mid March; further north by late March/early April. The actual time will depend on weather conditions. These potatoes should be planted in rows allowing about 45cm between tubers and 75cm between rows. The time between planting and lifting should be about 13 weeks.
12 tubers per pack

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