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There is a new championship for the 2012 season.
JBA Seed Potatoes are pleased to announce that the British Potato Championships will be taking place at next years Causey Show.
There will be £100 on offer for 1st prize in 3 seperate classes.
Class one is for a plate of 5 white potatoes.
Class two is for a plate of 5 part coloured potatoes
Class three is for a plate of 5 full coloured potatoes.
The winner of each class will then be put forward to the finals and the best plate will win the grower the title of the British Potato Champion.
Causey show is going from strength to strength and we think it is the ideal place for the championships.
There will be more details to follow very soon.
Thursday, 10 November 2011
JBA World Potato Championships 2012
JBA seed potatoes have been confirmed as the new sponsors of the World potato championships that are held at the Dundee Flower show.
There is some major prize money on offer at the show with £250 on offer for 1st prize.
To enter the class you need to have 6 varieties of 6 potatoes on 6 separate plates. The exhibits really do look well at this event and we would encourage people to try and enter this show.
Current world champion Sherie Plumb who is supplied by JBA seed potatoes travels all the way from Essex just to get the chance to exhibit at this major show.
At the same show we will also be sponsoring the Scottish championships. To enter this class you must exhibit 4 varieties with 4 potatoes per plate.
There will be more information about this to follow so stay tuned.
There is some major prize money on offer at the show with £250 on offer for 1st prize.
To enter the class you need to have 6 varieties of 6 potatoes on 6 separate plates. The exhibits really do look well at this event and we would encourage people to try and enter this show.
Current world champion Sherie Plumb who is supplied by JBA seed potatoes travels all the way from Essex just to get the chance to exhibit at this major show.
At the same show we will also be sponsoring the Scottish championships. To enter this class you must exhibit 4 varieties with 4 potatoes per plate.
There will be more information about this to follow so stay tuned.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
JBA exhibition potato mix
JBA exhibition standard compost mix
Our latest venture is into the world of compost. I have over the last 2 years mixed up all my own potato mixes to grow exhibition potatoes in which I found to be very costly and time consuming. So my answer is to offer the complete mix as used by the top show growers in the country.
My mix is 80litres of Irish moss peat that is finely graded and screened between a size of 5-15mm so that the mixture allows air through it without compacting. To the 80 litres I add 400grams of TEV 4 fertilizer and 400grams of my finely powdered calcified seaweed alternative.
This is the perfect mix for growing your show potatoes in.
We will offer this in pallet deals or it can be purchased at an individual bag rate.
Our latest venture is into the world of compost. I have over the last 2 years mixed up all my own potato mixes to grow exhibition potatoes in which I found to be very costly and time consuming. So my answer is to offer the complete mix as used by the top show growers in the country.
My mix is 80litres of Irish moss peat that is finely graded and screened between a size of 5-15mm so that the mixture allows air through it without compacting. To the 80 litres I add 400grams of TEV 4 fertilizer and 400grams of my finely powdered calcified seaweed alternative.
This is the perfect mix for growing your show potatoes in.
We will offer this in pallet deals or it can be purchased at an individual bag rate.
Monday, 10 October 2011
50% extra free this year in our taster packs
This year we have gone for packs of ten tubers instead of our usual 5 tuber packs.
The best news about it is that we have held them at the same price as last years packs of 5 at £1.99.
So you will be getting the same top quality Scottish seed potatoes but at an even greater discounted price of £1.99 for ten tubers.
So far our pre orders have almost matched what we sold by the same time in December of last year so the demand is bigger than ever.
We have also launched a new looking site with a quicker shopping system and speedier checkout system.
We hope you find all the changes to your liking.
The best news about it is that we have held them at the same price as last years packs of 5 at £1.99.
So you will be getting the same top quality Scottish seed potatoes but at an even greater discounted price of £1.99 for ten tubers.
So far our pre orders have almost matched what we sold by the same time in December of last year so the demand is bigger than ever.
We have also launched a new looking site with a quicker shopping system and speedier checkout system.
We hope you find all the changes to your liking.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
World Champion Seed Suppliers Again
The 2011 World potato champion is once again Sherie Plumb and family.
They had an extra special display this year that consisted of Amour,Bonnie,Sherine,Winston,Kestrel and Blue Belle which were all supplied by JBA Seed Potatoes.
This has been another great year for our seed potatoes with Sherie also winning first with Winston at the NVS Nationals.
Sherie was also first in the NVS Amour Class.
The NVS Sherine class was also won by Sherie.
First in the coloured potato class was new grower Owain Roberts with a great plate of Kestrel grown in a brand new growing medium supplied by Medwyn Williams and in our new polypots which now have extra holes in them to allow extra uptake of nutrients and allow excess water to get out of the bag.
Sherie had a second prize in the coloured potato class with a great plate of Purple Eyed Seedling.
Other prize winners were Eric Craik with a few seconds and thirds in a fiercly contested competition with some NVS Sherine and NVS Amour. Eric had a new system this year that covered the potato bags and stopped too much rain water getting into the polypots. He certainly had a great skin finish on them.
All seed was supplied by ourselves and has proven to get the results no matter what part of the country you live in.
They had an extra special display this year that consisted of Amour,Bonnie,Sherine,Winston,Kestrel and Blue Belle which were all supplied by JBA Seed Potatoes.
Sherie was also first in the NVS Amour Class.
The NVS Sherine class was also won by Sherie.
First in the coloured potato class was new grower Owain Roberts with a great plate of Kestrel grown in a brand new growing medium supplied by Medwyn Williams and in our new polypots which now have extra holes in them to allow extra uptake of nutrients and allow excess water to get out of the bag.
Sherie had a second prize in the coloured potato class with a great plate of Purple Eyed Seedling.
Other prize winners were Eric Craik with a few seconds and thirds in a fiercly contested competition with some NVS Sherine and NVS Amour. Eric had a new system this year that covered the potato bags and stopped too much rain water getting into the polypots. He certainly had a great skin finish on them.
All seed was supplied by ourselves and has proven to get the results no matter what part of the country you live in.
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