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- Variety: Sharpes Express
- Certified seed potatoes, free from disease
- A traditional variety, been around for over 100 years
- Ideal for steaming, roasting, baking and chipping
White-skinned pale yellow-tinted flesh with a distinct flavour that lends itself well to baking and roasting. The long oval shape lends itself well to chipping with its dry tender flesh.
In order to yield the best results from your seed potatoes, it is recommended that you chit them before planting. This allows for the development of strong sprouts. It is not considered an essential step but it is highly recommended among experts especially for earlies. To chit potatoes, just place them, barely touching in a seed tray or a similar segmented tray with the rose end facing upwards. The rose is the end where the majority of the eyes occur on the potato. It is in the eyes, where the chits will form. Place the trays in a cool light area with temperatures averaging in and around 7°C. The aim of this chitting is to encourage the development of strong dark purple and green shoots. If the shoots are developing into long white thin string-like shoots it may be a sign they are getting too much heat and not enough light.
Potatoes do well in most soil types however they are best suited to well-drained and loamy soil that is not too heavy and dense. The soil should be deep and have good quality compost mixed into it. Ideally, the plot should be cleared and dug the previous autumn/winter. this allows winter frost to break down any dense soil structure leaving the soil in optimal condition for spring sowing. Both first and second earlies should be placed approximately 30cm apart and 10cm deep, with the rows at 2ft apart. When the shoots break the soil surface it is then time to earth up the rows. This is the process of covering the shoots with soil taken from around the shoots and creating a peaked ridge over the shoots. This covering of the shoots protects them from late seasonal frosts. Continue to repeat this process until ridges are no higher than 20cm. The first and second earlies are best when harvested in small amounts and used as fresh.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
WEIGHT : | 2.000 KG |
DELIVERY INFORMATION:
- Standard parcel delivery: 2-4 working days
- Bulky pallet delivery: 4-7 working days (kerbside delivery only)
- Animal feed delivery: 3-5 working days
- Republic of Ireland delivery only
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DELIVERY TYPE | DELIVERY COST | COURIER | DELIVERY TIME |
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Standard parcel | €5 | ![]() |
2-4 working days |
Oversized parcel | €5 | ![]() |
2-4 working days |
Hazardous items | €10-€40 | ![]() |
4-7 working days |
Bulky pallet | €40 | ![]() |
4-7 working days |
RETURNS INFORMATION:
- Read our full returns policy here.
- Customers are entitled to a 14-day cooling-off period. Goods can be returned within this timeframe, items must not have been used and in saleable condition with packaging intact where applicable.
- The cost of returning the goods will be charged to the customer for change-of-mind returns.
Sharpes Express First Early Seed Potatoes 2kg
€7.95
Early season potatoes with a tender distinctive flavour
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