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potato 'Picasso' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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potato 'Picasso'

Solanum tuberosum 'Picasso'^PBR

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Solanum
Family: Solanaceae

About this plant

A high-yielding early maincrop potato variety with pale, golden skin and red eyes. Good disease and drought resistance

Growing Information

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

South FacingWest FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Plant out in April with 35cm between tubers. Select an open site with deep, fertile, moisture-retentive soil. Draw earth up around the stems as the emerge, to exclude light and prevent the potatoes from becoming green. See Potato cultivation for further information

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate from seed potatoes which have been chitted prior to planting

Pests

May be susceptible to cutworms, slugs, wireworms, and potato cyst eelworm

Diseases

May be susceptible to potato blight, potato blackleg, potato scabs and potato tuber rots

Garden Uses

Season of Interest

SpringSummer

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.5-1 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

One To Two Years