The Best Scab Resistant Potatoes
We are often asked about the Best Scab Resistant Potatoes.​
How to avoid scab? By growing scab-resistant Potatoes
Scab looks nasty but potatoes with scab can be eaten. However some varieties are more scab resistant than others. The information is there for each variety under a tab towards the foot of each product page under description. All our disease results are from independent trials by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
The advice on the RHS site on how to avoid and identify scab is a fantastic resource. They recommend choosing varieties that are scab resistant and we have several of their recommendations. Remember that no variety will have 100% resistance. It is also worth asking neighbours or fellow allotment growers at your plot for their recommendations as anecdotal evidence may carry weight locally.
The information is there for each variety under a tab towards the foot of each product page under description. All our disease results are from independent trials by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). If you buy all our five recommendations, you will get £1 off each net - offer applies to all potatoes not just the ones on our list. Discount extends to our grow bags.
Five of our Scab Resistant Seed Potatoes
Give yourself the best chance against scab
A great scab resistant Potato – Ambo
Ambo
Ambo is a very attractive early maturing versatile parti-coloured variety with good foliage and tuber late blight resistance. High yielding in a wide range of soil types and presents good drought resistance. Resistance to late blight on tubers. Popular with growers for its good blight and scab resistance the plant produces a high yield of floury potatoes which can be boiled or baked.
The Best Scab Resistant Potatoes – Golden Wonder
Golden Wonder
Who hasn’t heard of Golden Wonder Potatoes? A brown rough skinned tuber bred in Arbroath, Scotland. This potato has a very high dry matter, which can easily register over 25 per cent which makes it ideal for chipping. Invariably grown in Scotland and Ireland where the preference is for a floury taste, this potato benefits from the best flavour developing a few months after lifting. Making it ideal for the small grower who wishes to harvest and enjoy the rewards gradually.
Golden Wonder Seed Potatoes Organic
Price range: £7.00 through £59.00
The Best Scab Resistant Potatoes – Nicola
Nicola
Variety which produces a high number of well-shaped oval tubers with yellow skin and yellow flesh. It has a high resistance to common and powdery scab. Great for boiling and wedges as well.
Nicola Seed Potatoes
Price range: £6.80 through £56.00
Scab resistant – Pentland Javelin
Pentland Javelin
These potatoes were bred by a young Jack Dunnett back in 1968. For years they have been considered to be one of the finest first earlies that you can grow. Pentland Javelin produces heavy crops of short oval white-skinned tubers with pure white tasty flesh. A great potato to put into the pan and boil and use for salads, Pentland Javelin also has good all-round disease resistance to common scab and blackleg. It can be left in the ground longer than most first earlies to mature further giving a more floury potato.
Pentland Javelin Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.40 through £62.00
A great all rounder Potato – Record
Record
Yellow fleshed mealy tuber variety. Rough yellow skin covers this often misshapen oval tuber. Welcomed by growers for its blight resistance it is favoured in the kitchen for chipping and roasting mainly but can be boiled and baked too.
Golden Wonder Seed Potatoes Organic
Price range: £7.00 through £59.00Nicola Seed Potatoes
Price range: £6.80 through £56.00Pentland Javelin Seed Potatoes
Price range: £7.40 through £62.00
This list is just some suggestions for you. However, you can browse all our scab resistant potatoes and indeed our entire collection. Remember that no variety will be completely resistant. We have lots of information to help you chose which potato to grow, as well as a great FAQ on how to grow potatoes. We are here to help at any time with your potato questions.
