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?
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... :)
They should give you tubers which you can bring through the winter and use as seed potatoes next year.
they are so small though, some only 1.5cm across!
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... :)
Quote from: saddad on April 13, 2010, 09:09:10
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.
it's ok to plant them straight into the garden as normal though?
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.
Quote from: Baccy Man on April 16, 2010, 16:29:28
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
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.