Seed Potato 'Kennebec'

Solanum tuberosum

One of the most popular white potato varieties and the one most suitable for chips. A medium to large potato which should be eaten within a month of harvest for optimal flavour. Medium-late harvest variety. Fast growing with high yields, 'Kennebec' never fails to produce an abundant crop. Determinate. *Potatoes are also prohibited from being brought into Kangaroo Island due to quarantine restrictions.

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Seed Potato 'Kennebec'

Dating back to 1941, the Kennebec potato was bred in a greenhouse in Maryland and named after the Kennebec River in Maine, USA. It is one of the most popular varieties for chips and fries in both the USA and Canada. Often referred to as an all-rounder, although we wouldn't recommend for salads.
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All potatoes can be grown in the soil, in towers and even grow bags. INDETERMINATE POTATOES: In the case of indeterminate potatoes, they produce their crop along their growing stem, just like tomatoes; the only difference is that tomatoes grow above the soil, fruiting along the exposed stem upward; while potatoes crop below the soil, so the stem must be continually covered up in order to produce viable tubers. These are often your most prolific, late harvest varieties needing around 90-120 days to reach maturity. DETERMINATE POTATOES: Determinate potatoes, like determinate tomatoes, grow to a set height and produce a reliable crop of tubers without the need for covering their developing stem. Simply plant around 10cm deep and they will produce a single layer of potatoes below the soil surface. These are usually early, cropping potatoes, maturing in just 50-70 days. For more information on growing potatoes, visit: www.diggers.com.au/growing-potatoes.

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