Potato Red Lady Seeds Certified

Potato ‘Red Lady’ Certified Seed

Botanical Name: Solanum tuberosum

• Attractive red skin with smooth yellow flesh and excellent flavour.
• Ideal for roasting, boiling, mashing, and fresh market production.
• Certified seed ensures reliable germination and improved disease resistance.

Potato ‘Red Lady’ is a high-performing early to mid-season variety known for its bright red skin, shallow eyes, and creamy yellow flesh. It produces uniform oval tubers with excellent cooking quality and a smooth texture that holds well after cooking. Its attractive appearance and reliable yields make it popular for both home gardeners and commercial growers.

‘Red Lady’ performs well across a wide range of Australian growing conditions and is especially valued for its strong vigour and early maturity. It prefers loose, fertile soil and benefits from regular hilling to improve tuber production and prevent greening. Certified seed potatoes provide stronger establishment, better disease resistance, and more consistent harvests.

This indeterminate variety continues producing tubers along the buried stem as it grows. For maximum yields, cover the lower 70% of stems with soil, straw, or compost to encourage additional tuber formation and protect developing potatoes from sunlight.

Plant Type: Warm season tuber crop

Hardiness / Life Cycle: Half-hardy annual

Plant Height: 40 – 60 cm

Sow When:

• Temperate: July – November.
• Subtropical: March – September.
• Tropical: April – May.
• Cool: August – December.
• Arid: July – August.

Germination: Sprouts in 10 – 14 days

Depth: 10 – 15 cm deep

Position: Full sun

Sow Where: Directly into garden beds after cutting and curing seed potatoes

Soil Type: Loose, fertile, well-drained soil with pH 5.0 – 6.5

Rows: 60 – 75 cm apart

Spacing: 30 cm between plants

Details: Cut seed potatoes into pieces with 1–2 eyes and allow to cure for 1–2 days before planting. Hill soil around plants as they grow to protect tubers from sunlight and encourage higher yields. Keep soil moist during flowering and tuber formation. Avoid overhead watering once plants mature.

Harvest: 80 – 100 days. Harvest when foliage begins to yellow and die back. Cure tubers in a dry, shaded area for 5 – 10 days before storing in a cool, dark place.