Late Season Planting for Autumn or Christmas Potato Harvest
We have sold out for 2026
We leave this page live so our customers can see what range we usually have for late-season planting, but please note, the varieties may change for next year.Β Β We put some aside in cold storage and then make the final decision in the spring when we inspect the quality.Β Β
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Late Season Potatoes 2026
These varieties are hand picked for high disease resistance as well as a range of looks and cooking styles. We have lots of advice
Plant now, enjoy home-grown potatoes at Christmas. Late season potatoes are perfect for gardeners who missed spring planting, or simply want a second crop later in the year. With the right varieties and a little protection from autumn frost, you can be lifting delicious fresh potatoes right through the festive season.
Jazzy brings heavy crops of small, tasty salad potatoes with excellent flavour, while Charlotte remains a Christmas favourite thanks to its creamy texture and superb boiling quality. For containers, patios, and smaller spaces, Bambino is fast-growing, compact, and ideal for a late harvest.
Late season growing works best from June though till the middle of August in many parts of the UK, although growers further south can often plant slightly later. Keep plants warm as temperatures drop, and you could be serving your own freshly dug potatoes alongside Christmas dinner.
Find out more including some problems you may encounter along the way.Β
Late Season Potatoes
Late Season Variety Pack – Bambino Jazzy & Charlotte Seed Potatoes
Price range: £15.50 through £28.50
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Charlotte Organic Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Bambino Organic Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Serve homegrown potatoes
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Christmas admiration
Weβre making a list and delivering it twice
No added mash-up at checkoutΒ - our prices include delivery.Β Β We will be dispatching twice a week over the summer.Β
ποΈΒ Our most a-peeling Christmas range always sells out fast so buy soon for fresh, homegrown spuds on Christmas Day.Β
Please note that we do notΒ have our delayed delivery service for our late season range.Β Β
β¨OFFERS
All our late season varieties are included in our bulk deal buy 5 or more nets or grow bags and get Β£1 off each net. The variety packs have a different deal - Buy two or more patio packs with the same bag option and SAVE Β£1.50 or Β£2.50, depending on whether you have grow bags in your order.Β
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Get chitting!
Start your Christmas spuds now with a quick 2-week chit, just enough to wake them up before planting.Β Although not necessary, we would still advise this.Β
We strongly advise that these are planted by the middle of August, however we know of success when planted in early September.Β
Late Season crops donβt yield as much as summer ones... but hey, you only need a few perfect tatties to impress the relatives! For more information on late-season planting see here.
π₯ Meet the 2026 Festive Trio. Order now to avoid a tater-less Christmas:
π₯³ Bambino β The Tiny Tater with Big Holiday Spirit!
Small in size, HUGE on flavour! Bambino is your buttery, bite-sized bestieβperfect for roasting whole or showing off in a fancy Christmas side dish.
βοΈ Think: βTiny but mighty!β
π Jazzy β The Party Potato!
Jazzy grows fast, tastes fab, and gets along with everyone at the dinner table. Creamy, waxy, and perfect for boiling, sautΓ©ing, or tossing in olive oil with rosemary.
βοΈ Think: βAlways the party piece.β
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Β Charlotte - The Posh Boiled Sweetheart!
Waxy, nutty, and perfectly shaped, Charlotte is the elegant tattie everyone wants at their Christmas Dinner. A firm favourite for a reason!
βοΈ Think: βUK's favourite salad potatoβ
Homegrown spuds: the secret to making Christmas dinnerβand your relativesβabsolutely mash-merised!
Our late-seson potatoes, perfect for Summer planting
Bambino
Short oval tuber with white skin and cream flesh, great salad variety. Lovely salad potatoes with a smooth light waxy texture. Great organic variety due to high blight, scab and blackleg resistance.
This was a new addition to our late season range in 2025 and we had some great feedback on this.
Bambino Organic Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Jazzy
Good resistance to Scab, Jazzy is a productive potato variety, both in the number of tubers per plant, as well as in yield.Β Jazzy is a delicious salad potato with a waxy texture and excellent versatility in the home.Β It has an excellent taste and good texture and is a long oval shape.
This variety has been in ourΒ late season range for 3 years running due to its popularity with growers.
Jazzy Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Charlotte
Charlotte is best known for its culinary excellence, of course it is French. It is noted for good resistance against slugs and common scab leading to good appearance. Charlotte potatoes have a fresh flavour which tastes great either hot or cold. They are ideal boiled as part of a salad as they hold their shape well and can even be roasted whole.
This has been a staple in our late season range.
Charlotte Organic Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Our 2026 Late Season range is impressive! We have 3 lovely varieties for you to grow for an autumn harvest β perhaps even for your Christmas Dinner.
Canβt decide? Get all three! The ultimate Christmas potato packβthree varieties, one delicious dinner.Β Bags are optional extras.Β We know that people like to experiment with smaller quantities and so have created a pack with three tubers of our three varieties for you β Christmas Dinner Sorted!
π₯Bambino β 2nd Early, Waxy
π₯Jazzy – 1st Early, Waxy
π₯Charlotte-Β 2nd Early Waxy
Grow your own festive feast with this merry mix of three top varieties! Bambino (buttery bites), Charlotte (silky smooth), and Jazzy (creamy & quick). Perfect for boiling, roasting, or impressing the relatives.
Includes free delivery & growing tips!
There are discounts if you buy 2 or more and so you could have a Potato ChampionChip with a friend.Β Discounts are automatic and apply if you buy the packs with same bag option.Β Β
Late Season Variety Pack – Bambino Jazzy & Charlotte Seed Potatoes
Price range: £15.50 through £28.50Grow bags are ideal if you are short on space
Each bag will take 3 tubers.Β Sold in packs of 2
All the grow bags have drainage holes, they are re-usable and excellent value.Β
Both can be resued for many years.Β The green ones with handles have a handy handle underneath to help when you are emptying them.Β Β
Planting in growbags or containers is a great idea for summer planting.Β In the UK we can get frosts in the early autumn, which can destroy the plant.Β Grow bags can be moved into a shed if cold weather is forecast.Β
Grow Bags
Price range: £5.60 through £6.85What is late Season planting? Can I grow my own potatoes for Christmas?
Β Late Season Planting was an area that we first ventured into in 2020 and what a success it was.Β We did not know what to expect and we sold out! For the last few years we again kept some potatoes back in cold storage ensuring the seed potatoes are in top condition for our customers and we have sold out each year. In 2022 we introduced patio packs – a great way to try several varieties in a small scale and are delighted to be selling this again.For 2026, we kept more stock back for this year and once again, we picked some great blight-resistant varieties for you with a range of cooking types.We suggest that mid August is the latest to be planting and really would advise that the end of July is better for the majority of our customers to give enough heat and light to give a good harvest.Β However we haveΒ some customers planting in early September and this is possible if you are further south, or have a good greenhouse/polytunnel.
We are on a learning curve with our customers and would appreciate any feedback you may have.Β
Your Christmas roast is goodβ¦ but those tatties? Legendary. Grown by YOUΒ
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Late Season Planting. Christmas Dinner - lets start planning!
The delight of homegrown, tender new potatoes on Christmas Day is closer than you may think and possible with a little know how.
Itβs useful to know what makes a winter seed potato. The simple answer is that they have been in cold storage all spring to delay their growth and taken out from June so that they are ready to start their plant-to-harvest cycle. The timings are usually given for spring planting and it must be remembered that there is not as much heat or light in the autumn and so plants will take longer and the yields may be less. A potato planted in the summer can produce your βroastiesβ and new baby potatoes for Christmas Day! Depending on where you are, we would say mid-August would be the latest you could plant, however, we envisage most customers will plant by the end of July. But of course, rules are made to be broken - we have customers planting in early September with great results. This could be done in a greenhouse or polutunnel. Your feedback on growing late potatoes is most welcome as we are on a learning curve with our customers.
Itβs also useful to know that potatoes harvested in summer require a period of dormancy before they can be used as seed potatoes, so replanting any harvested straight away wonβt work.Β Potatoes planted in late summer do not need to be chitted for as long as in summer as the ground is warm enough to start growth, however you could chit them for a week or two if desired - we suggest that you do chit for around two weeks.
Potatoes will be dispatched twice a week during the summer.
Last year, many journalists and bloggers were interested in this venture with extremely positive feedback. Please see our news page for further details
How to grow potatoes indoors for Christmas harvests
- Use a container at least 30cm (1ft) deep and wide, with drainage holes in the base. Our Grow bags are ideal
- Add a layer of potting compost or garden soil mixed with garden compost or well-rotted manure. A layer 10cm (4in) thick is sufficient for 30cm (1ft) deep pots, but larger containers can be half-filled.
- Plant one to three tubers per pot, each with about 30cm (1ft) of space, and cover with 15cm (6in) of compost or soil.
- As the foliage develops, earth up the potatoes with further compost or soil until the container is full to within 5cm (2in) of the top. Leave a lip to aid watering.
- Keep well-watered and feed with a general-purpose liquid fertiliser.
- Ensure the greenhouse remains frost-free as the season progresses, as potato foliage would be damaged by frost.
- The foliage will yellow and die down in late autumn and can then be removed and composted.
- Tubers can be left in their pots in compost (kept fairly dry) until needed at Christmas.
How to grow potatoes outdoors for Christmas harvests
- Follow general instructions for growing potatoes, including planting them in a trench and earthing them up as they begin to grow.
- Take measures to protect against potato blight and slugs.
- Once foliage dies down in September or October, remove and compost it.
- On light soils in a sheltered garden, piling some earth up over the row where you know the potatoes are and covering it with straw to insulate tubers may be sufficient protection to store them in the ground until Christmas.
- In cold areas, or where soils are wet and heavy, it is better to lift tubers by the end of October and re-bury them in coarse sand or soil in a frost-free place (such as a garden shed) until you need them.
How to store yourΒ potatoes after harvests
- Lifting and storing potatoes in the fridge is possible but will cause the skins to harden and the desirable, delicate βnew-potatoβ flavour and texture will be lost.
- Don't store in an airtight container or plastic as the potatoes need to breathe. Our Hessian or paper bags are ideal, or a cardboard box.Β Β
- Store in a dry dark cool place.
Late Season Seed Potatoes and Grow bags
Late Season Variety Pack – Bambino Jazzy & Charlotte Seed Potatoes
Price range: £15.50 through £28.50Grow Bags
Price range: £5.60 through £6.85Jazzy Late Season Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.60 through £9.80
Hessian Sacks
Price range: £6.95 through £19.95π₯ Growing Late-Season Potatoes: What to Watch For
We'd be lying if we said that growing potatoes this late in the season is without problems.Β Late-season potatoes are a great way to add a homegrown flourish to your end-of-year meals but autumn conditions can bring a few extra challenges.Β Although even a beginner can have tremendous results, this isn't guaranteed.Β We're here to help and are always available to answer questions. Hereβs what to keep an eye on:Β
π₯ Blight
Blight thrives in warm, damp conditions. Look out for blackened leaves, brown spots, and collapsing stems.
Top tip: Remove affected foliage immediately and ensure good airflow around plants.
π Slugs
These hungry visitors love moist soil and tender shoots.
Try this: Raise grow bags off the ground, use copper barriers, or set out a beer trap πΊ.
βοΈ Early Frost
Autumn nights can turn frosty, especially from October onwards - but can occur in August!
Protect your plants: Use garden fleece, cloches or bring containers under cover if a frost is forecast.
π₯οΈ Less Heat & Light
As the days get shorter and cooler, growth slows and yields may be lighter than a summer crop β but still delicious and well worth the effort!
So what are YOU having with your potatoes this year? Side dish of turkey, ham or nut roast? Or perhaps more potatoes?!
Let the potatoes take centre stage.
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