Mini Tubers

[sawfish]

I just bought some Fortyfold minitubers from Thomson and Morgan. They are quite small, will I get potato's to eat from them this year? Whats the point if minitubers?

[sawfish]

[saddad]

They will grow and give you normal size potatoes this year Sawfish...
You can pick up fortyfold at some potato days as normal tubers now... I got some. Mini-Tubers are cloned from virus free material... and should be more vigerous... they certainly do well, I've grown them...  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

They should give you tubers which you can bring through the winter and use as seed potatoes next year.

[sawfish]

they are so small though, some only 1.5cm across!

[saddad]

I start them in 3" pots and grow on in buckets... but they give real size tubers this year and tinies you can use as seed next year...  :)

[Tattieman]

I start them in 3" pots and grow on in buckets... but they give real size tubers this year and tinies you can use as seed next year...  :)

That is the perfect way to grow them and as you say keep the small ones for seed.

[sawfish]

it's ok to plant them straight into the garden as normal though?

[Baccy Man]

Yes you can plant them straight in the ground as normal. The only ones I make an exception for are congo which need a longer growing season so I start them early in pots.

[chriscross1966]

Yes you can plant them straight in the ground as normal. The only ones I make an exception for are congo which need a longer growing season so I start them early in pots.

I'm doing my Congo (and the sole Vitelotte) in pots too.... that way I can drag them into shelter towards the end of the year.... otherwise it's something I only do with earlies....

chrisc

[djbrenton]

I'm growing ,ini tubers in pots at home as there's a slightly reduced chance of blight away from the allotments. Shame to buy an expensive, uncommon variety and get blighted.