Quand récolter les pommes de terre désirée ?

Récolte des pommes de terre Récoltez après 120 jours de culture environ de juillet à septembre. Attendre que les feuilles soient fanées et récolter les tubercules avec une fourche-bêche.

Where can I buy Desiree seed potatoes?

• Suttons Seeds (a GardenFocused approved supplier) sell Desiree seed potatoes (and many other varieties) which are not only correctly certified but they are graded by size to avoid unduly small seed potatoes being sold. Click here for more information and to buy Desiree online.

What is the best way to cook Desiree potatoes?

• The Desiree potato is very versatile in more ways than one. Firstly it can be cooked in all the common ways except as a salad potato and for some reason doesn’t steam well. But boil, mash, chip and roasting are all fine.

Why do Desiree potatoes grow so big?

• Leaving them in the ground longer simply results in larger potatoes. The Desiree potato originated from Holland in 1962 and is generally grown as a maincrop potato. When grown this way it can produce very large potatoes.

How do you grow Desiree potatoes in Ireland?

• Keep the potatoes in cool but light conditions to ensure they grow short, green sprouts. Click here for our page dedicated to chitting / sprouting potatoes in the UK and Ireland. Desiree potatoes are early maincrop potatoes and they are ready for harvest, if conditions are correct, 17 to 18 weeks after the seed potatoes are planted.