Potato Sorrento (Maincrop Seed Potato)

This new variety is becoming famed for its high yields. Making some of the best baking potatoes you could find, Sorrento grows to the perfect size and with a delicious creamy flavour. Equally as tasty boiled or mashed. Perfect for growing in light, sandy soils, or in periods of drought, Sorrento will not suffer like many varieties. With good resistance to disease especially scab and blight there are so many reasons to try this new potato!

Potatoes are one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow. There’s the nurturing process of chitting, planting and earthing-up, the anticipation of a good harvest as you dig through the soil and, of course, the unbeatable taste of fresh, home-grown, potatoes.

All potatoes (except for maincrops) will benefit from ‘chitting’ prior to planting out. The chitting process encourages the seed to sprout, which then when planted, helps them to establish more readily, leading to bigger crops. Simply place them, blunt end up, in an old egg box until the shoots are approximately 1½ to 2½cm (½ to 1in).

Potatoes are delivered in 1.5kg bags, each pack containing approx. 15-20 tubers.