The potato shop
Fact-checked printables for gardeners, allotment growers, families and classrooms, plus a short list of kit and books. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Potato printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for gardeners, allotment growers, families and classrooms.
Grow-Your-Own Potato Planner & Sowing Calendar
Gardeners and allotment growers
A month-by-month potato calendar, variety planner, chitting tracker, bed and row plans with RHS and Garden Organic spacings side by side, a four-year rotation planner, and weekly job sheets from planting to storing.
Potato Harvest Log & Plot Record Book
Allotment and veg-plot growers
Record every row: variety, planting date, earthing up, first lift, weights per plant, storage checks and notes for next year, with a season summary page.
Potato Pest & Problem ID Charts
Gardeners
Clear wall charts for blight, common and powdery scab, blackleg, slugs, green tubers and the Colorado beetle, with what the RHS and GOV.UK say to look for and do. Our own drawings, no photos.
Where Food Comes From: Potato Worksheets for Kids
Ages 5 to 11, families and schools
Label a potato plant, follow a potato from seed potato to harvest, a grow-a-potato diary, a word search and a true-or-false quiz where every answer is a real, sourced fact.
Potato Colouring & Activity Pack
Ages 3 to 9
Colouring pages of the potato plant, chitting, earthing up and harvest day, plus a maze, spot-the-difference and draw-your-own-veg-plot page.
Potato History & Facts Poster Set
Classrooms, allotment huts and home
Poster pages: the potato timeline from the Andes to 2025, the parts of a potato plant, early or maincrop, and the potato in the First World War at Kew.
Best valueThe Complete Potato Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.
Free sample
Try before you buy: a free 6-page potato printables sample. A4 PDF (240 KB) or US Letter PDF (248 KB).
Kit & books
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Seed potatoes and planting
- Seed potatoes (affiliate link)The RHS says to grow from seed potatoes certified virus-free. Check the variety and whether it’s early or maincrop.
- Chitting trays (affiliate link)An egg box does the same job.
- Potato grow bags (affiliate link)For patios and small spaces. Early varieties suit containers best.
Tools
- Garden forks (affiliate link)Put it in at least 30cm from the plant.
- Hoes (affiliate link)For drawing soil up into a ridge when earthing up.
- Cloches (affiliate link)The RHS suggests a cloche, hessian or straw overnight if frost is forecast after shoots appear.
Storing
- Hessian and paper potato sacks (affiliate link)The RHS suggests paper or hessian sacks, kept dry, cool, dark and frost-free.
Books and planners
- Allotment and garden planners (affiliate link)Or print our own planner.
- Children’s gardening books (affiliate link)For young growers.
- Grow-your-own vegetable books (affiliate link)Look for UK-based advice and a recent edition.