potatoes can i

[lewis]

can i  grow red burgundy ,salad blue potatoes not seed potatoes bought from greengrocers in garden or in pots.if in pots  how many to pot.many thanks.

[lewis]

[TULIP-23]

Lewis  :D

Welcome here to A4A.....Advice given to me

Dont use anything other than Certified Potatoes ???

Check out all info here on the Different Topics Checking All Potatoe Info.    Good Luck Enjoy yourself here. ;)

Keep asking the Questions You'll get all the Help that you need Believe me to help solve your particular problems ;D

[philcooper]

There's a slight problem here Tulip, after your support of my earlier rant!

The varieties mentioned are not natioanl listed and so cannot be sold as certified seed - they can (at ~£2 per plant) be sold as micro propagated plants which are disease free.

The only growers of the varietries you mention Lewis are way up north where the incident of blight and other disease are few and far between.

They can be grown in either and see the advice by Jerry in "The Basics" at http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php/topic,7174.0.html or http://www.nugget.demon.co.uk/MetaFAQ/potato.html

Salad Blue grow quite large so 2 in a 12 - 14" pot should be enough, 3 of HBR.

As they are not certified seed keep a very close eye on them - at any sign of discoloured foliage cut the tops off and lift them

Welcome to the world of heritage potatoes

Phil

[TULIP-23]

Thanks again Phil ;)

Sorry about the Mis-Information My Fault!!

Can I ask if these are not Certified  seed Potatoes Does this mean that they must be Certified Disease Free at Micro-propagation stage..... ???
How can one be absolutely sure!!
Thanks Phil :)
                                 Mike       

[philcooper]

Tulip,

Micropropagation goes down a very small sample of vegetative tissue, sufficiently small for all diseases to be spotted and hence rejected.

This is the technique used to produce the purist seed potatoes and the results are known as Virus-Tested Stem-Cuttings, when part of the certification scheme.

As you can produce a lot of VTSC from a small amount of plant material, it is heavily used in the bulking up of new varieties to produce saleable quantities

See http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/spcsreg/intro.htm for gory details on the UK certification hierachy. The naming of levels in Europe is different but there is a table of equivalence

Phil

[TULIP-23]

Phil :)
Once again many thanks for taking the time to explain
and answer my Question.

Personally I find this sort of information interesting
or better I think.....added interest to our hobby.

Will set this on my Disc system to read later.

Phil again Thanks........Mike