Salad Blue (Blue Salad Potato)
Variety
Salad Blue (Blue Salad Potato)
Approved Data
created by Aischbachgarten at 05.03.2021
Features
Color
purple
blue
Taste
fixed
Season Overview
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
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Description
Salad Blue is an old variety from Scotland. Blue-fleshed, blue-purple colored through with thin white rind layer, the color remains even when cooked. Oval to round, normal size (35-55 mm ø), medium early. Externally very similar to Blue Congo, but firm cooking and does not burst.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Pre-sprouting is recommended. (No exact information found on planting and harvesting times).
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Seeding distance
35 cm
Row spacing
65 cm
Seeding depth
10 cm
Companion Plants
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Cauliflower
Chamomile
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Corn / Maize
Horseradish
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Mint
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Oregano
Pak Choi
Parsnip
Phacelia / Scorpionweed / Heliotrope
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
Antagonistic Plants
Diseases
Black spot of roses
Soft rot
Brown rot
Pests
Ten-lined potato beetle
Nematodes
Aphids
