On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 05:16:39 -0500, Harold Walker wrote:

Can potaotes be grown from seed...the simple answer is yes and seeds are
available.....the last time I grew them from seed must have been ten years
ago so am not up to date on a seed supplier. From seed they perform quite
well altho from 'seed to eating ' takes somewhat longer than when using
'seed potatoes' they are worth trying if nothing else is available......HW

Tim Challenger" wrote in message
news:1109315361.069fcc064ca7ecf26d712b4a0296e59c@t eranews...
Living out in Austria as I do, all I can seem to get my hands on are a
couple of varieties of seed potatoes (unimpressive varieties) and onion
sets of "Stuttgarter Riese" and some generic red sort. So I'm really
spoilt
for choice. Not. The variety of vegetables is so poor here that even
yellow
tomatoes are treated with suspicion. :-(

I understand there are disease concerns with potatoes being transferred to
and from mainland Europe, I don't want to be responsible for a potato
blight outbreak! That means I can't really get seed potatoes sent out to
me.
I was wondering if it would be feasible to grow potatoes from seed. I'm
sure I could get seed from some specialist growers in the UK. I'm not
really looking for any weird or rare varieties, anything other then
"floury" would do. The same goes for onions - Can anybody tell me if I'm
wasting my time, and if not how and when do I start - any hints and tips
would be very helpful.
Thanks.

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Tim C.

The positive answers I've been getting have been very helpful.
Obviously the reason people don't do it is because seed potatoes are more
reliable and just that bit more straightforward to grow. Which is good
enough reason.
I'm spending tonight on the web looking for seed suppliers then ... :-)

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Tim C.