On 14 Feb, 16:28, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Dave Hill" *wrote
*"Bob Hobden" *wrote:



"Martin" *wrote ...
, "Bob Hobden" *wrote:

Reading the Kitchen Garden I notice you can now buy seed potatoes
direct
from a Scottish grower.

Their URL is... *www.jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk

Handy if you can't get to a Potato day.

but expensive postage unless you buy 20kg .

I thought that until the Boss pointed out how much petrol it costs for us
to
travel to our normal Potato Day in Hampshire which we had to miss this
year.
We have ordered small packs of a number of maincrop varieties to try.
Already have our usual first and second early seed.
Shame they don't do Victoria, rapidly becoming our favourite maincrop,
will
just have to replant our own. They do sell Majestic for those that want
the
real old fashioned chip taste.

You can now get Minitubers which are produced Hydroponicly and are
said to be free of all pathogens.
MINI-TUBERS

Mini-tuber production commences with laboratory in-vitro micro-
propagation
of the initial micro-plants grown under stringent quality assurance
controls.
Nodal cuttings are taken from the micro-plants, rooted in sterile
nutrient jelly,
are moved to a screened compost based or hydroponic growing facility.
This new technology provides secure long term storage of heritage
varieties and
allowing rapid introduction of varieties old and new.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/fil...-471c-baa0-539...

http://www.jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk/her...ubers-c14.html

I understood you plant the mini-tubers to get seed potatoes for planting the
next year and you can then reuse your own crops for planting again for up to
7 years.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
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Yes but you can also use them to crop, just a little less than from
convential potatoes,
I'd use the largest and save the smaller ones for seed
David Hill