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Kestrel
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I have just bought some second early seed potatoes - a shot in the dark as I have only ever grown main crop. The variety I bought is Kestrel - has anyone else grown this variety?
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Excellent variety which is immune to most pests. I grow it every year as my soil has keeled slugs which make holes in almost every other variety (and I've tried most available varieties over the decades!) Great flavour and I find I can leave them in the ground until needed so effectively grow them as a maincrop. Wouldn't be without them!
Thanks Bob - Sounds like it will be ideal for my ground. I have made a mistake though as I thought it would be a 'salad' potato. I have already purchased desiree seed potatoes as my main crop. We live and learn!
You can indeed use them as salad potatoes - just dig them up when the tubers are smaller - they are quite waxy. For that, just lift them in July/August as needed (assuming they are planted at the usual time for 2nd earlies, in the first half of April.)
Hurrah Bob - even better. I was planning on planting them at the beginning of April.