Seed potatoes - maincrop

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This is an A to Z video on growing any of the twelve maincrop Potato varieties that Quickcrop stock and recommend to you for successfully harvesting potatoes during the growing season. The each of the 12 potatoes, have varying qualities in terms of blight or slug resistance , and in the case of Sarpo Mira - it suppresses weed growth. Niall walks you quickly through a simple step by step guide on each potato's pro and cons, to make it easier for you to pick the best maincrop potato for your needs, and that suits your taste. Click on the any time code - just below the maincrop seed potato link, and the video will jump the section you want to see:

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0:00 Intro to video

0:10 Niall runs through quickly the many reason why and when you would grow any of the twelve maincrop potatoes

0:34 Planting time - Mid March to April and the harvesting time mid September to October. Growing season of 22 weeks or 5 months.

0:42 The brilliant and best thing about maincrop potates is the store so well over the whole winter so you have potatoes for 12 months of the year

0:59 Kerr Pink potato - Niall gives quick A to Z on it

1:24 King Edwards maincrop potatoes details - with main advantage that it is " Slug resistant"

2:00 Isle of Jura potato with excellent disease resistance and great flavour

2:25 Setanta potato is blight resistant, and an award winning red skinned potato with huge yields

3:01 Sarpo Mira is Quickcrops best selling maincrop potato which wins on all levels: great taste, yields and weed and slug resistant. And it can grow in any soil. A great all rounder

3:45 Mayan Gold is one of the early maincrop potato that produces great yields that has a nutty flavour and is great for making chips

4:16 Cara maincrop potato main advantage is it disease resistant particularly against Eelworm which makes it a good choice to grow in the tough environment like allotments. Also has great flavour and produces good yields

4:51 Sarpo Axona potato key advantage is that it is blight resistant

5:20 Golden Wonder is another slug resistant maincrop potato. It is very popular in UK for making chips or crisps. And it is very rich in flavour and has floury texture when cooked.

6:02 Pink Fir Apple maincrop potato is most waxy potato making it perfect for salads

6:36 Purple Majesty maincrop potato is part of super food group. Is excellent to grow and cook

7:23 Salad Blue maincrop potato It is floury when cooked so it is ideal for mashing or frying but not for salads

7:57 Closing conclusions by Niall of all the 12 potatoes

8:22 Outro on video

8:37 Clickable link on potatoes

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