Nicola Seed Potatoes
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Nicola Seed Potatoes

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A prolific Second Early salad potato with smooth thin skin, firm waxy flesh and very good flavour hot or cold; also useful for bags and late planting.

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Description

Nicola is one of the most dependable salad potatoes for home growers. Smooth oval tubers have pale skin and firm creamy flesh that holds together during cooking, making them excellent boiled, steamed, sautéed or cooled for salads.

It produces a generous number of tubers per plant and stores better than many salad types. RHS also notes that Nicola is easy to grow in pots, bags or borders and has resistance to potato leafroll virus and some potato cyst nematodes. Cold-stored seed is also well suited to late-summer planting for an autumn or festive crop.

Why grow Nicola?

  • Maturity: Second Early
  • Cooking type: Waxy
  • Texture: Firm, smooth and waxy
  • Best for: Boiling, Salads, Sautéing, Steaming
  • Skin: Pale yellow
  • Flesh: Cream
  • Tuber shape: Oval

Growing note: Harvest from early summer when tubers reach the size you prefer. For salad use, avoid letting every plant run on to oversized tubers.

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Maturity

Cooking Type

Skin colour

Pale yellow
Flesh colour

Cream
Tuber shape

Oval
Texture

Firm, smooth and waxy

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: Harvest from early summer when tubers reach the size you prefer. For salad use, avoid letting every plant run on to oversized tubers.

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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