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Old 03-09-2009, 11:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Seed Potatoes

TheScullster wrote:
Hi all

Newb here
Are seed potatoes just a sample saved from last year's crop?


Yes and no.

They're from a previous years crop, but normally grown specially in
disease-free conditions.

You can plant your own crop out again but you're far more likely to get
diseased produce.