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Here is a site which sells potatoes in small amounts:

http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/Plant ... upID=30039

Don't know how they compare for price, though.

Excellent choice, but I call this expensive considering additional carriage costs on orders under £50.

Alan

I've bought some kestrel on ebay for £1.24 plus £2.70 postage. Might seem expensive, but I just wanted ten to top up the ones I kept for seed last year. Just to keep the mix fresh IYKWIM.

Would it not be cheaper to buy a larger bag locally and eat the surplus?

Chantal

Don't persuade people to eat seed potatoes, please.

Alan

Each February, my sister and I get together for the weekend (She lives in York) and buy our seed potatoes and then share them with a neighbour of mine. We compromise on varieties. Our local garden centre also sells them in ones which is very useful. Is there anyone you could team up with, even if they live some distance away?
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Granny

I bought seed potatoes from a stall in the local market, which sells by the weight, so you can have as many or as few seeds as you want. The average price was £1.20 per kilo. With the Pentland Javelin I got around 21 seed potatoes in the kilo for £1, which I think compares very favourably to prices I have seen elsewhere. They do the same with onion & shallot sets too. Think this is a great way of doing it as it means I have been able to try a lot more varieties for the same price as buying just a couple from a garden centre/seed catalogue.

I buy kestrel which no one else in the allotments seem to be interested in. They're all die-hard Desiree, Maris Piper, stalwart name bodies. Saying that everyone was chuffed at how well mine did last year. If I could buy them locally for cheaper, I would believe me.

There is a fantastic garden centre nearby(harrogate for those who are interested) and they must have over 60 different types of seed potatoes in big baskets.
Next to each variety they have yeild,disease resistance and basically every thing you need to know about that particular type.
Its excellent for me as I buy about 10-12 of 8 different varieties from 1st,2nd earlies and maincrops.
I then make a note of which ones do well and buy them again the following year.
My trouble is Im like a kid in a sweet shop and buy too many!
Have to say my favourite ones are red Duke Of York Earlies and Pink Fir Apples.
Ive about5kg left in a sack from last years crops...(Im waffling on a bit now!!!)
Regards

BP

Hello, Bottomleypots, for those of us within easy reach of Harrogate, can you tell us the name of the garden centre? It's too late for our potatoes this year (we've got all we need) but might be useful in the future.

not that I have, but why is it not a good idea to eat seed potatoes ?

solanine

About the shortest post ever

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Don't change your name to solanine spud

Alan

But you don't eat the potato sprouts, do you? Also, if it's in tomatoes how can we eat them?

I'm confused.

Fear not, Chantal

Solanine is concentrated in green potatoes (as in exposed to light/seed potatoes) but no worries re tomatoes.

Alan