How to tell if Scotch seed spud's are Scotch

[MrsC]

Well, Mr C is Scottish and I ain't never seen him wearing a kilt (I have asked) so it can't be that can it? Ummmm...

[jacob marley]

Well the answer lie's in the soil in Scotland there is little speck's of silaca that look like glass if you hold a potato grown Scotland up to the light you should see little speck's of glass on the surface of the skin .
This is not on potato's grown in England .
It is some thing to do with the ice age glacial action on the soil .
Perhap's Tattieman will enlighten us some more....jacob

[Nicos]

Gosh....would never have guessed that!!!!!

How interesting! Thanks!

[FionaH]

My dad is a Scot so will have to tell him about that one. Not that he knows a tattie from a ducks elbow

[lynda66]

goes and studies 2,000 potatoes for said shiny bits

[magz.mccarthy]

can't wait to get home and hold spuds up to the light! that's really interesting. do yo think that has anything to do with why scottish spuds are better?

[tattieman]

Well that is something I have learned today. It must just be on potatoes north of Perth I would say though. The term Scotch can be used for labelling produce that has not been grown in Scotland but packed in Scotland is what I thought the answer was and that the producer numbers were the key to finding out..

[shirlthegirl43]

I thought you was Welch?

I am Scottish through and through, came to live here when I was little as dad's work brought us south. Madmax is 50/50 Welsh and Dutch, so the boys are a right mixture.

[lynda66]

I am Scottish through and through, came to live here when I was little as dad's work brought us south. Madmax is 50/50 Welsh and Dutch, so the boys are a right mixture.

i'm 1/2 scottish too, my mum was born in gretna, though my grandad was born in ireland, but brought up in glasgow,

i looked at them, one lot has shiny bits the other 2 don't hmmmm, but the packs all say scottish

[janeyo]

I got a bit bored looking but indeedy some of them do have sparkly bits on.

Yay! My potatoes have got some bling lol

[lynda66]

nowt better than bling potatoes eh lol

[MrsC]

Lol, you have got me examining my potatoes near the kitchen window and they do have shiny bits on them! Well I never!

[burnie]

I'll have to investigate my crop when I dig them up to see if they're sparkly,but if it's like last summer , I may have to bring them south to find some sunlight.

[FIREMAN627]

for anyone looking to buy a new type of potato alan romans site is very good and gives very good advice re purchase of seed potatoes,ie, only Scottish, Irish or English seed is deemed clear of endemic brown and ring rot and apparently most seed providers are only selling seed from those countries.