Saturday 21 February, 10.00am to 2.00pm
At Growing Together, 47 Fairfax Drive, Southend-on-Sea SS0 9AG (corner of Fairfax Drive and Prittlewell Chase)
Admission FREE – Refreshments and much more!
Approximately 40 varieties of seed potato (some organic) sold individually at 15p per tuber, plus some onion sets.
We source as many organically grown potato seed varieties as possible. All seed is UK-grown to slow the invasion of brown rot from mainland Europe. Please check website for updates: https://seeog.org.uk/
If there is an “O” after the variety, it means it has been produced organically.
First Earlies, the varieties with the shorter growing period: Colleen (O), Epicure, Foremost, Home Guard, Lady Christl, Orla (O), Red Duke of York (O), Rocket, Sharpe’s Express (O), Vanessa and Winston
Second Earlies – slightly longer growing period: Anya, Bonnie, Blue Kestrel, Charlotte (O), Kestrel, Marfona, Nicola, Ratte, Salad Blue and Wilja
Early Main crops – rather more potatoes are Early Maincrop growing season than shorter or longer: Blue Belle, Belle De Fontenay, Desiree (O), Highland Burgundy Red, International Kidney, Kifli, Lady Balfour (O), Maris Piper, Pentland Dell, Picasso and Rooster
Late Main crops – these potatoes have really long growing seasons: Arran Victory (O), Cara (O), Golden Wonder (O), Kerr’s Pink, Pink Fir Apple, Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Mira (O) and Valor
