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Karuparera Potato

No scientific name recorded

A variety of potato

How to sow karuparera potato: Direct seed outdoors after last frost. Each piece must have one eye.

Sun requirement for karuparera potato: Plant in Full Sun

Karuparera is a traditional New Zealand heritage Māori potato (taewa) featuring dark purple skin with white eyes and creamy, waxy flesh

1: planting
0: harvests
1: seed packet

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Karuparera potato facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing karuparera potatoes

Sit seed potatoes in the light to sprout 4 weeks before planting out
Dig compost into the bed 1 week before planting out
Earth up the shoots 3 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
Check the leaves for blight 5 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
Water in dry weather 6 weeks after planting out every week
Dig the first new potatoes at first harvest
Lift the main crop 6 weeks after first harvest
Dry the potatoes and store them in the dark 7 weeks after first harvest

How members grow karuparera potatoes

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