Comments on: How to Save Seed Potatoes http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-51284 Dan Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:41:07 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-51284 Hi all, Excuse my ignorance as this is the first year i have grown potatoes, well infact anything ha ha, but i dont really understand the term seed potatoes?! Obviously i have determined that it is not an actual seed but i would like to know how to make my own. Is it just a matter of keeping some of the crop? and when can you re-plant them???? Everyone i speak to says you can only plant them at certain times of the year but the supermarkets have a constant supply which would suggest they can be grow throughout the whole year????? Regards Hi all,

Excuse my ignorance as this is the first year i have grown potatoes, well infact anything ha ha, but i dont really understand the term seed potatoes?!

Obviously i have determined that it is not an actual seed but i would like to know how to make my own.

Is it just a matter of keeping some of the crop? and when can you re-plant them????

Everyone i speak to says you can only plant them at certain times of the year but the supermarkets have a constant supply which would suggest they can be grow throughout the whole year?????

Regards

]]> By: My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » New (ish) Potatoes http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-47028 My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » New (ish) Potatoes Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-47028 [...] makes me laugh that I wrote this post “How to Save Seed Potatoes” last September and then failed to actually save any. I saved the Potatoes over the winter in [...] [...] makes me laugh that I wrote this post “How to Save Seed Potatoes” last September and then failed to actually save any. I saved the Potatoes over the winter in [...]

]]> By: Potting Plants » Blog Archive » Do Potatoes Cross-Pollinate? http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-44971 Potting Plants » Blog Archive » Do Potatoes Cross-Pollinate? Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:07:06 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-44971 [...] and two rather unusual varieties (Congo and Highland Burgundy Red). The smaller seed Potatoes were given to me while I was on a pruning course last [...] [...] and two rather unusual varieties (Congo and Highland Burgundy Red). The smaller seed Potatoes were given to me while I was on a pruning course last [...]

]]> By: My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Do Potatoes Cross-Pollinate? http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-44919 My Tiny Plot » Blog Archive » Do Potatoes Cross-Pollinate? Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:52:35 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-44919 [...] and two rather unusual varieties (Congo and Highland Burgundy Red). The smaller seed Potatoes were given to me while I was on a pruning course last [...] [...] and two rather unusual varieties (Congo and Highland Burgundy Red). The smaller seed Potatoes were given to me while I was on a pruning course last [...]

]]> By: Gayle http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-42492 Gayle Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:40:19 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-42492 State-side diseases being spread from greenhouse grown plants this summer. In particular tomatoes grown in the Northeastern US, that were from commercial hot houses, have spread wilt that is systemic. Weather has also been a factor. The problem has been so severe that home growers are being encouraged to try and grow their own plants from seed. There are some farmers here who've had to plow under a whole summer's harvest of tomoatoe and potatoes. What we are learning here in the US is that industrial agriculture is not, necessarily, sustainable agriculture. State-side diseases being spread from greenhouse grown plants this summer. In particular tomatoes grown in the Northeastern US, that were from commercial hot houses, have spread wilt that is systemic. Weather has also been a factor. The problem has been so severe that home growers are being encouraged to try and grow their own plants from seed. There are some farmers here who’ve had to plow under a whole summer’s harvest of tomoatoe and potatoes. What we are learning here in the US is that industrial agriculture is not, necessarily, sustainable agriculture.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-42483 Debbie Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:25:06 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-42483 Oh my word, aren't they handsome! And thank you for explaining the process. I saved a few of my earlies and then thought I'd done it wrong when they went green. DOH! Oh my word, aren’t they handsome! And thank you for explaining the process. I saved a few of my earlies and then thought I’d done it wrong when they went green. DOH!

]]> By: Soilman http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-42468 Soilman Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:42:29 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-42468 The potato seed sellers definitely over-egg the dangers of saving your own potatoes. Well they would, wouldn't they? If you grow in a fairly exposed and/or windy spot, there's no reason why you shouldn't save your own seed; wind discourages aphids, which are the vectors of potato virus. Even if you do get a bit of virus, it's several generations before you spot any serious reduction in yield... at which point you buy fresh seed. No problem! The potato seed sellers definitely over-egg the dangers of saving your own potatoes. Well they would, wouldn’t they?

If you grow in a fairly exposed and/or windy spot, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t save your own seed; wind discourages aphids, which are the vectors of potato virus. Even if you do get a bit of virus, it’s several generations before you spot any serious reduction in yield… at which point you buy fresh seed.

No problem!

]]> By: Jo http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-42466 Jo Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:31:43 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-42466 Alot of people save their own potatoes. I'm still trying to find one which the slugs don't like! Alot of people save their own potatoes. I’m still trying to find one which the slugs don’t like!

]]> By: nic@nip it in the bud http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/seed-saving/how-to-save-seed-potatoes/#comment-42464 nic@nip it in the bud Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:54:29 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1475#comment-42464 are you my fairy godmother? we dug up the last of our spuds this morning and came home to google 'how to save seed potatoes' once I'd caught up with my reader. I'll be saving our red skinned robinta for next year and if it's any reassurance one of the old boys on our allotment has used the same potatoes for 4 years with no incidence of disease are you my fairy godmother? we dug up the last of our spuds this morning and came home to google ‘how to save seed potatoes’ once I’d caught up with my reader. I’ll be saving our red skinned robinta for next year and if it’s any reassurance one of the old boys on our allotment has used the same potatoes for 4 years with no incidence of disease

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