Topic: Sarpo - T & M Trial Potato

[Chantenay]

Hi - has anyone else tried the Hungarian Sarpo trial potatoes? They were meant to be drought and blight resistant and mine certainly were.
I dug them up today and they were huge - bigger than my feet. They have that real east european look: "Eat your nice potao Ivan, and consider how much luckier you are than the British children with their tiny little jersey potatoes". :)

[graham]

Just what I'm looking for - how did they taste and where did you get the seed - comrade.

[graham]

oops! just found them on T&M site  - but how was the taste?

[Multiveg]

Those Sarpo plants grew quite tall. I haven't yet harvested, but have noticed some of the tubers growing near the surface, so have had to cover them up. Some of the plants have gone a bit spotty (not sure if they are blighty though), but I will be dealing with them at the weekend.
I had 3 varieties of sarpo - axoma, mira and tominia.

[Pixie]

Sounds good whats their web address - I put T&M in google and you can imagine the response :-\

Sam

[Multiveg]

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/en

Exclusive to T&M: The Sarpo Story (Sarpo = SARvari + POtato)

The Sarvari Family in Hungary have been breeding blight and virus resistant varieties for over 50 years. Their newly released variety; Sarpo Mira has unprecedented levels of blight resistance without the necessity of chemical sprays. Sarpo Mira is the first variety to score a full 9 out of 9 in commercial evaluations against blight. The Sarvari Research Trust has been set up at University Farm Wales, Bangor, under the direction of Dr. David Shaw, an acknowledged world blight expert who has been working on this fungal disease for over 35 years.

Mira has everything you could ask for including high yields, large tubers and a tasty floury flesh suitable for all cooking purposes particularly jackets, roasting and mash along with good storage potential. It grows well in most soil types and has vigorous weed suppressing foliage excellent for clearing up your plot. It seems unbothered by slugs, wireworm and viruses generally. Mira should be amongst your first choice to grow organically and for those who like to grow without chemicals.