potato 'Pentland Javelin'

This is first early potato takes a week or two longer than other cultivars to bulk up but then produces a high number of tubers per plant. It can also be left in the ground longer which results in a larger, more floury potato. It is a firm favourite with creamy-white flesh that rarely discolours on cooking and is best boiled as a salad or new potato. It has good resistance to Potato scab, mild mosaic virus, slugs and bruising.

Grow in an open, frost-free site with deep, fertile, moisture-retentive soil for high quality and heavy yields. Improve soil by adding organic matter, such as well-rotted manure, in the autumn. Draw earth up around the stems as they emerge, to exclude light and prevent the potatoes from becoming green. Water well in dry periods. Potatoes can also be grown in large containers or potato gro-bags. See potato cultivation for further advice.

Propagate by chitting tubers or 'seed potatoes'. This is done by standing the tubers 'rose-end' up (the end with the most eyes) in egg boxes or trays in a cool, light place. After two to three weeks the shoots will begin to sprout. Plant out after frosts have passed, from about mid March to mid April.

Tends to suffer very little slug damage and is resistant to some Potato cyst nematodes and eelworm but may be susceptible to cutworms, wireworms, leaf and bud eelworm

Good resistance to Potato scab and mild mosaic virus but may be susceptible to Potato blight, Potato rot, Potato blackleg and stem canker

potato 'Pentland Javelin'

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