Rocket is a good potato for container or bag growing. Lifting before full maturity is recommended to avoid cracking of the tubers. It has good disease resistance to blackleg, common scab, and spraying. Main culinary uses are early boiling and salads. A very early bulking and heavy cropping second early variety producing almost round, white skinned and fleshed tubers. Potato, 'Rocket' has good all round disease resistance including golden eelworm. Easy to grow and quick to produce 'baby new potatoes', Potato 'Rocket' is particular well suited to growing in containers and potato bags. All potatoes will benefit from ‘chitting’ prior to planting out. The chitting process encourages the seed to sprout, which then when planted, helps them to establish more readily, leading to bigger crops. Simply place them, blunt end up, in an old egg box until the shoots are approximately 1½ to 2½cm (½ to 1in) Plant first early potato crops from the end of February. Prior to planting, ‘chit’ the seed potatoes by setting them out in a cool, bright position (10C/ 50F) to allow them to sprout. When growing first early potatoes in the ground avoid planting in soil where potatoes have grown for two years in succession to reduce the risk of disease. Where space is limited, try growing potatoes in potato bags on the patio. Harvest: From 10-12 weeks when foliage turns yellow and dies. A sign that tuber are ready is the plants flower. For best results chit (sprout) potatoes before planting. Plant and Harvest times vary regionally. Potatoes are one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow. There’s the nurturing process of chitting, planting and earthing-up, the anticipation of a good harvest as you dig through the soil and, of course, the unbeatable taste of fresh, home-grown, potatoes.
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