Setanta seed potatoes produce oval tubers with smooth red skin, shallow eyes and yellow flesh. Their high dry matter content makes them particularly useful for golden roast potatoes, baked potatoes and homemade chips.

This maincrop variety offers good storage potential, making it a practical choice for gardeners who want a harvest to enjoy beyond summer. Grow Setanta alongside an early salad variety to extend your potato season, with larger tubers ready for autumn meals.

Key features

• Cropping type: Maincrop.

• Tubers: Oval, with smooth red skin and shallow eyes.

• Flesh: Yellow, with high dry matter content.

• Cooking: Particularly good for roasting, baking and chips.

• Garden appeal: Good storage potential.

• Supplied as: A 2kg bag of seed potatoes for planting.

Planting and care

Plant from mid-April to early May in fertile, well-drained soil, spacing approximately 40cm apart in rows 75cm apart. Earth up developing shoots, protect from frost and water during dry spells.

Harvest

Usually September–October from spring planting. For storage, allow the skins to set, then keep dry, healthy, undamaged tubers in a cool, dark, frost-free place.