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I guess only the supposed risk of supermarket tubers not guaranteed to be virus or blight free, but a lot of people seem to do just that and have no problems!
I've grown these for a few years now, you do get a much wider range of sizes when you grow them yourself. Good for steaming and roasting, useless for mash, you end up with a soup within 5 mins....
is the flesh v yellow on these ?
Last year, I experimented with growing a couple of Anyas from leftover spuds I got from Sainsbury's, comparing them to Anyas grown from proper seed potatoes. I grew them all in pots on the patio, together, because I don't have an allotment.It was a pretty unusual season here in Hampshire, with late frosts followed by hot, dry weather. The result was clear, though: the supermarket ones did very badly, compared with the ones grown from seed potatoes. They were slow to start, grew far less vigorously and the yield was poor. I think the Sainsbury's ones had probably been sprayed with growth inhibitor to prevent them from sprouting. So I wouldn't recommend supermarket spuds for growing, but will be going along to the Potato Day at Whitchurch, Hants, as usual. Hope to pick up some Mayan Golds there. :)