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Potatoes 'Santé'

Potatoes 'Santé'

Product number: 406542.1
Origin: South America
Latin: Solanum tuberosum

(1971) Breeder: J. Vegter (Agrico)
This mid-early variety is versatile in use due to its fairly firm to slightly floury texture. Expect a large harvest of oval-round tubers with light yellow flesh. Disease resistance is quite high; late blight does not easily affect the tubers. The taste is very good and is characterized as: subtly sweet, earthy and mild flavor with a soft but firm, airy consistency. This variety is still very popular worldwide!

MID-EARLY VARIETY FOR CONNOISSEURS.
A mid-early variety means it can be harvested from August. You can accelerate this by a few weeks by planting earlier. The planting time is from mid-April, when the soil has sufficient warmth. Pre-sprouting in light or in a large pot can be done earlier. Do not place them in a too wet spot, but make sure they get plenty of sun. Mid-early varieties can suffer from the dreaded late blight (Phytophthora infestans). Some preventive measures are: spacious planting, fertilizing with patentkali, do not spray water over the plant, and possibly organic spraying with sulfur or silinal. The average planting distance is 70x40 cm, we recommend maintaining 80x40 cm to prevent diseases.

Names:
Latin: Solanum tuberosum
Dutch: Aardappel
English: Potato

Planting time:

April
May

Soil type:

All soil types

Location:

Flower colour: Light purple with white
Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
Bulb / tuber size: 28/35
Attractive to insects: N/A
Annual or perennial: Perennial
Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
Origin: South America
Ease of cultivation: Moderate

Latin: Solanum tuberosum
Dutch: Potato
Also known as: N/A
English: Potato

“These potatoes are not what they used to be...” Do you know that sigh? Perhaps you lived (and tasted!) more intensely in the past, but when it comes to those old forgotten varieties, we have good news for you: they are back, those potatoes of yesteryear! Old varieties from before 1950 with special flavours, unique colours, unknown shapes. How wonderful it would be if all those historical varieties were available on a special shelf at the greengrocer... but for now, you will have to grow them yourself (or have them grown) for this "new" culinary journey of discovery. Here's a culinary tip: because of their unique colour or shape, don't peel them, but clean them thoroughly and cook them whole; often the colour remains after cooking, and the eye wants something too, doesn't it? In the English tradition, harvested potatoes are neatly cleaned and displayed in baskets. You could further expand this harvest presentation with unique cucumbers, multi-coloured chard, pumpkins, red kale, blue corn: browse our seed guides for all those special (old but now trendy) vegetables. Potatoes that you have displayed for a while will slowly turn green and are then no longer edible. For the grower, it is important to know that these old varieties are more susceptible to disease: plant them with ample space and keep a close eye on them. A fun tip: just plant at least 5 varieties; they are packaged in small portions (1 kg), and put a clear sign next to each type. Cook and taste them separately, make it a "Van Gogh Potato Eaters Feast"... Do you know a "forgotten" variety: let us know. All that remains is to wish you a very good harvest and (for later): enjoy your meal!