Potato supplies in small numbers

[Anita Plot]

I am sure that last year someone found a supplier of seed potatoes who would deal in small numbers. I am growing in tubs and only want 3 or 4 of each variety.

Can anybody help please?

[Peter]

Thompson & Morgan do 1Kg trial packs, if that is too much try a potato day.

[smallblueplanet]

Ahh, this isn't exactly helpful, but we also wanted seed pots in small numbers and found that one of the local garden centres sold them by weight - try ringing a few up your way?

[supersprout]

Some local chums and I share a selection of earlies, just needs a quick ring around in the New Year and someone to volunteer to buy them

[Sue]

Anita
Hi, If you don't have access to a potato swap day, you could try Alan Romans, he does a wide variety of potatoes in one kilo bags and quotes them as containing anything from 6 to 20 depending on the variety.
I don't know how to do those fancy internet links but just type Alan Roman into Google.
best wishes
Sue

[dwrudd]

Hi Anita,

Laurel Nursuries has some earlies in small bags at the moment, I will go halves on a bag if you like, they have several types on display so if you have a favourite?

Darren

[Crazy Chickie]

I grew my tatties in bags last year as we don't have much room here either. I bought all my seed tatties from offers in various magazines (where I tend to get most of my seeds too). Because I was new to the whole tattie experience I didn't really know what to buy so the cheap offers allowed us to experiment with what would grow and find out what we liked the taste of without shelling out lots of money. I might be able to post you a couple of seed tatties if you only want a couple, I bought some Alan Roman heritage potato microplants last year and now have a few extra seed tatties than we have space for, PM me if your interested.
Cheers
CC

[Hans Mum]

was in wilko yesterday and they had bags of 10 seed spuds think they called them the heritage collection there was about 8 varieties

[supersprout]

Garden Organic (was HDRA) has a potato day on 28 Jan for non members, or 27 Jan for members. You can buy single tubers if you want to try different plants.
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/
Under 'events'

[Bugeyes]

Thompson & Morgan do packs of 6 varieties, ten tubers of each and I think you could get single varieties too. Look in the free brochure that came with GYO las month or visit the website.

[JennieAtkinson]

I found Sarah Raven at www.thecuttinggarden.com was offering six seed potatoes per variety last year. I didn't go for it as I had already bought mine, but thought it a good idea.