Potato Tuber 'Home Guard'
Solanum tuberosum 'Home Guard'
- First Early.
- First introduced in 1942.
- A very early variety with a fantastic flavour and good scab resistance.
- A good all rounder perfect for steaming / boiling, baking, mash, roasting, frying and sauté.
Supplied as 1 Kg (to the nearest potato) of certified seed potatoes.
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Description
This first early variety was first introduced in 1942 and was grown by Jeremy Shirley's father in the late 1940s - the Dad's Army days!
Home Guard is a superior potato of excellent flavour that does not go floury like some varieties, making it an excellent boiling potato. Both the skin and flesh are pure white.
High-yielding and with good resistance to scab, which explains why this popular wartime variety found huge commercial success - and has continued to remain one of the gardener's favourites since WWII.
- Chit tubers by placing 'eye' face up in egg boxes or shallow trays and standing in a warm light location.
- Once small green shoots (or chits) appear move to a cooler location for a few weeks before planting out.
- Best planted out mid March-April. Later plantings will be fine but yield may be smaller.
- Dig trenches approximately 5" (12 cm) deep and 2 feet (60 cm) apart.
- Press tubers into the base of the trench 12" (30 cm) apart with chits facing up and cover with soil.
- Water in and keep the crop well watered in dry spells.
- When the haulm (top growth of the plants) reaches 9" (23 cm) earth up around the plants leaving just the top 4" (10 cm) showing - repeat again later if required.
- Potatoes should be ready for harvest approximately 10-15 weeks after planting.
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