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Potato 'Belle de Fontenay' is a favorite classic French salad potato. It has a smooth, firm, waxy texture with an excellent taste -great for salad and boiling.
| Group: | Potato |
| Variety | 'Belle de Fontenay' | Type: | Root crop |
| Planting: | February - March | Site: | Full sun, lots of well rotted manure added the previous autumn (not too fresh) | Spacing: | Plant tubers 40cm apart with 45cm between rows | Harvesting: | 4 months after planting. Decrease that to 3 if planting inside in bags. | Tips: | When the shoots first appear draw the earcth from between the rows to cover them. This encourages underground shoots and more tubers. |
