Seed Potatoes

[sewer rat]

Dear Grapes,
Following on from our discussions re how to get small numbers of tubers, here is the list from my local GC. All can be bought singly or in bags. Any queries, let me know via a PM.
The list below will be supplemented by a further 20 or so varieties, but I won't know details until first week of February. Kevin says that they will predominantly Heritage varieties, including a lot of the Maris and Pentland stock.
Anyway, just to keep you going just now..............

First Earlies
Duke of York
Red Duke of York
Home Guard
Pentland Javelin
Arran Pilot
Foremost
Maris Bard
Nadine
Premiere
Sharp's Express
Second Earlies
Catriona
Charlotte
Maris Peer
Wilja
Maincrop
Cara
Romano
British Queen
Desiree
Edzell Blue
Golden Wonder
Kerrs Pink
King Edward
Maris Piper
Pink Fir Apple
Record
Rooster

Cheers for now, off to Glasgow for Christmas, then Belfast for New Year.
Rat

[Jaxom]

Now I feel like I'm a child again
It used to be all about looking at sweets and not able to make up my mind. Now it's totties.
How long before the shop closes?
Jax

[Berr]

Seed potatoes.

Thanks for the list, SR. Glasgow for Christmas; Belfast for Hogmanay- isn't that the wrong way round?? Any way round, it's the very business! Have a great time!

The Berr.

[sewer rat]

Hi Jax
He will take delivery of all his stock - both listed and still to be listed - sometime during the second week of February

Hi Berr
If I was younger, would agree that it was the wrong way round, but her indoors is from across the water, and there is always a big party to go to, so why argue ( 'cause I never win anyway!)

Cheers
Rat

[Berr]

Hi SR,
Similarly blessed; equally defeated!

Berr.

[Beryl]

Beryl

For buying small quantities of seed potatoes I can highly recommend a visit to one of the Potato Week-ends organisied by HHDRA (now Garden Organics).
Over 120 varieties of seed potato @ 12p per tuber.
Also, peas, beans onion and shallot sets. fertilizers etc. Seed swop.
Speakers, demonstations etc. Lots going on all day.

More information on all areas visit http://www.hhdra.org.uk/potatodays

The Hampshire Potato week-end is on 28th and 29th January 2006
Testbourne Community Centre, Micheldever Road, Whitchurch, Hants. Tel: 01256 893264

[Geordie]

A link to potato days already listed on the site.....it may be of some help!


http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ghlight=potato

[elvis 81]

i have just got an allotment in october last year ,can you tell me when is the write time to plant potatoes and start seedlings i have a greenhouse and airing cuboard ( dont tell the wife about the airing cuboard)

thanks elvis 81

[Jaxom]

As I am growing potatoes for the first time this year I have read so much about potatoes and a lot of the advice changes from person to person.
I can tell you that some people say plant four weeks before your last possible frost, others say March to April.
I'm going for four weeks before my last possible frost which I estimate as being April 15th. [That’s after using my crystal ball of course. ]
I have put my seed potatoes into dry frost free but dark area of my cold greenhouse today. I will uncover them in about two weeks, to continue the chitting process.
Jax

[Lesley Jay]

You need to keep your seed potatoes somewhere light, frost free and cool. I always plant my seed potatoes around about 21st April but this year it was later because of the frosts. The first year I grew potatoes I was really eager and planted them in March like everyone else on the allotments and they where hit with the frost. So now I plant them when I think the frosts are past not when everyone else plants theirs.

[Pete]

New Boy - More tattie questions.

Hi

Completely new to all this but my name was put on the waiting list for a plot for my birthday. I now have Plot 57 Old Craigie Road!! PANIC!!

Lots of questions, but I'll start with tatties! We want to grow a range of (preferrably organic) potatoes. Looked at a variety of catalogues but since I grew up and still live in tattie country would prefer to buy locally from local sources - Dundee, Angus, Perthshire. Asking too much?

All and any advice most welcome

Pete

[WiZeR]

Pete: Alan Romans is prolly the mecca of the potato and localish to you. I find his prices to be competetive.


http://www.alanromans.co.uk

[Geordie]

Chitting

If you have quite a few tubers of the same potatoe variety, try this:

Only chit half your potatoes, they should crop sooner with generally larger, but fewer potatoes to dig up. The ones you did not allow to chit should produce smaller but a greater number of potatoes and the plants last longer.