OSCAR

Oscar Seed Potatoes

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A robust Plantera early-maincrop with round yellow tubers, high yield, strong late-blight resistance and a slightly firm AB/B cooking type suited to broad kitchen use.

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Description

Oscar is a modern grower's variety developed for robustness as much as appearance. It produces round to round-oval yellow tubers with yellow to deep-yellow flesh, high tuber numbers and strong yields across different soil types.

Its AB/B cooking type makes it versatile rather than extremely floury: boil, roast, bake or chip it. Plantera and specialist organic sources highlight strong late-blight resistance, good virus resistance and suitability for lower-input or organic systems. Wider spacing is useful where tuber numbers are high, helping the crop size more evenly.

Why grow Oscar?

  • Maturity: Early Maincrop
  • Cooking type: Slightly Waxy
  • Texture: Fairly firm, creamy and versatile
  • Best for: Baking, Boiling, Mashing, Roasting
  • Skin: Yellow
  • Flesh: Deep yellow
  • Tuber shape: Round to round oval

Growing note: Give Oscar enough room to develop its numerous tubers. Pre-sprouting is not essential according to the original variety guidance, but good soil preparation and balanced feeding help maximise its naturally high yield.

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Maturity

Cooking Type

Slightly Waxy
Skin colour

Yellow
Flesh colour

Deep yellow
Tuber shape

Round to round oval
Texture

Fairly firm, creamy and versatile

Planting & Growing

Planting & Growing Oscar

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

Plant approximately 10–15cm deep, allowing about 35–40cm between tubers and around 75cm between rows. Earth up developing shoots to keep tubers covered and maintain an even water supply while tubers are forming.

Variety-specific advice: Give Oscar enough room to develop its numerous tubers. Pre-sprouting is not essential according to the original variety guidance, but good soil preparation and balanced feeding help maximise its naturally high yield.

Harvest: Allow a longer season and check tuber development from late summer into autumn.

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

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