Topic: seed potatoes

[diggerrick]

hi, which potatoes do you choose from your crop to save as next years seed potatoes, are they the small ones? also what preparation do they need ? cheers rick  :-\

[delboy]

For the last couple of years I have used the smaller/medium ones, and have planted Kestrel, Blue Moon, and Sante.

This year I put in two lots of Sante - the ones I had kept and some newly bought from JBA. The JBA ones have had horrendous problems with blackleg, while my last year's stock are really good and no blackleg... interesting...

I keep them in drawers until December and then put them in the light in trays in the garage. If they sprout early, say before December, I rub off the sprouts.