Potatoes of the Ricarda variety have a characteristic red, slightly reticulated skin and creamy-white flesh. Presented variety is very productive and supplies shapely, oval tubers medium-early. Tasty, all-purpose potatoes like Ricarda are a great choice for growing in the field and larger planters. The advantages of the variety include resistance to scab, mechanical damage, and very good storability. These potatoes are often washed and packaged after the harvest to appear on supermarket shelves. Ricarda is a B cooking type, which means it is a typical general purpose potato, most often found boiled on a dinner plate. They are equally well suited for dumplings of all kinds, salads, and casseroles.

Ricarda is a variety with medium soil requirements. It grows well in sandy-loam, deeply loosened, preferably slightly acidic soil. We highly recommend enriching the site with natural organic fertilizers before planting potatoes. vermicompost, granulated manure, and compost can be used for that purpose. Make sure that the soil has warmed to 6 to 8ºC before planting. Grow potato in rows, keeping plants at intervals recommended for each variety, usually between 20 and 40 centimetres. Dust the shoots after they have grown about 20 centimetres tall. The second round of dusting should be performed just before flowering. Other maintenance measures include weeding and watering during periods of drought, as well as feeding with appropriate fertilizers.

We hereby offer a 12-tuber package of A-class seed potatoes, sized 35 to 55 millimetres in circumference.

• Variety: Ricarda
• Site: sunny; sandy-loam, deeply loosened, preferably slightly acidic soil, enriched with fertilizers
• Bulb size (circumference):: 35 to 55 mm
• Bulbs: 12
• Planting period: April
• Planting distance (centimetres): 20 to 40 cm
• Wintering in the ground?: no