Excellent boiled and served either hot or cold, 'Nicola' a second early potato is smooth and oval in shape with superb flavour. Introduced in 1973, this is a modern-type salad potato.
Easy to grow in pots, bags or borders, they produce a generous crop, and as they store well, you will usually be able to enjoy them over a couple of months.
We sell potatoes by weight but you can expect to receive about 25 tubers of this variety in a 2kg bag.
How to care for potato Nicola:
As soon as the potato tubers have been delivered you should unpack them and start the chitting (sprouting) process. Place them in single layer in a seed tray without compost and leave in a light, cool area protected from frost. This can be started about six weeks before you intend to plant them.
Early cultivars can be planted out under frost fleece protection, but the later varieties should be planted after the worst frosts have passed in your area - this is generally mid March to mid April.
Dig a trench 8-13cm (3-5in) deep adding a general purpose fertiliser to the bottom of the trench. Plant the potato tubers in the trenches about 30cm (12in) apart, being careful not to knock the shoots off the tubers, and keeping the shoots facing upwards. Then lightly cover with soil.
As the plants get to around 20cm (8in) tall you need to bank up the soil around the plant, so the soil covers the bottom two thirds of the plant. Watering your plants well will help improve crop yield and discourage potato scab.