Kestrel Seed Potatoes
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Kestrel Seed Potatoes

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A high-yielding Second Early with distinctive purple-blue eye markings, excellent flavour, good performance in heavy soils and useful resistance to slugs and bruising.

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Description

Kestrel is one of the more distinctive modern Second Earlies. Smooth cream skin is splashed with purple-blue around the shallow eyes, while the creamy-yellow flesh has enough body to work for boiling, mash, roasting, baking and chips.

RHS highlights qualities that matter to gardeners: Kestrel crops well, performs in heavy soils, tolerates dry conditions and shows good resistance to blackleg, potato virus, slugs and bruising. That combination of appearance, flavour and garden resilience is a much stronger reason to choose it than simply calling it an all-rounder.

Why grow Kestrel?

  • Maturity: Second Early
  • Cooking type: Slightly Floury
  • Texture: Moderately dry, creamy and versatile
  • Best for: Baking, Boiling, Chipping, Mashing, Roasting
  • Skin: Cream with purple-blue eyes
  • Flesh: Creamy yellow
  • Tuber shape: Oval

Growing note: Plant from March into April and keep an even water supply where possible. Its resistance to slug damage makes it particularly interesting on sites where other varieties have suffered underground pest damage.

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Maturity

Cooking Type

Skin colour

Cream with purple-blue eyes
Flesh colour

Creamy yellow
Tuber shape

Oval
Texture

Moderately dry, creamy and versatile

Planting & Growing

Chit seed potatoes in a cool, bright, frost-free place if you want to encourage an earlier start. Plant from March into April once soil conditions are suitable.

Plant approximately 10–15cm deep, allowing about 30cm between tubers and around 60cm between rows. Earth up developing shoots to keep tubers covered and maintain an even water supply while tubers are forming.

Variety-specific advice: Plant from March into April and keep an even water supply where possible. Its resistance to slug damage makes it particularly interesting on sites where other varieties have suffered underground pest damage.

Harvest: Begin checking from early to mid-summer, depending on planting date and conditions.

For detailed advice on chitting, feeding, watering, growing potatoes in bags and containers, harvesting and storage, see our Seed Potato Growing Guides.

Delivery & Seed Info

Dispatch & Delivery

New-season seed potato dispatch normally begins from December/January, with orders sent as varieties become available. Where possible, we will group items from the same order into one delivery.

Quality & Storage

Patch specialises in seed potatoes. Our seed potatoes are carefully stored to maintain quality and visually checked before packing and dispatch.

Need a Larger Quantity?

We stock more than 50 varieties and can supply larger quantities than those shown online. Contact Alex if you require a larger quantity or have a specific requirement.

Growing Advice

Need some help getting started? Visit our Seed Potato Growing Guides for advice on chitting, planting, growing in bags and containers, harvesting and storage.

Problems With Your Delivery?

Please check your order when it arrives and contact us promptly if anything has been damaged in transit.

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