Maincrop varieties might be in the ground a lot longer, through to late summer or early autumn, but they tend to produce a bigger crop and far larger potatoes, so your patience will be well rewarded. ...

There are dozens of different potato varieties, usually described as early, second early and maincrop potatoes.These names indicate when they crop and also give you an idea of the space you'll ...

Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/400F/gas 6. Peel and cut up 900g maincrop potatoes. Cook in boiling salted water for 8 minutes. Drain into a sieve and leave briefly for the steam to evaporate ...

Fiona H, Cork The first thing to bear in mind is that only maincrop varieties of potatoes are suitable for storing over winter. So if yours are what’s known as an early variety, then they needed ...