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Old 22-04-2003, 02:20 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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(Tim) writes:
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| A simple question this - are seed potatos as sold in garden centres
| etc really any different to those purchased in supermarkets and left
| in the bottom of the fridge for a few weeks? ie can I just plant one
| that's 'gone to seed' as it were, and expect to get any sort of a crop
| come the autumn?

Yes, if you choose a suitable variety. You don't want to plant ones
that have long, weak shoots.

| I realise I'm probably a little late for this season, but we're in
| Scotland, and the ground's only recently become workable.

Well, mine are JUST coming through, and I'm much further south.
You aren't too late - not even to order seed.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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