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i have just received my sarpo blight resistant pots from t&m and they are very long, what i want to know is can i cut the pots in half and get double the seed  pots or would this encourage rot.

As long as there are eyes on both bits shouldn't be a problem...  :-\

Blight resistant? Just wish!!

Have you tried them, Dave? Each to their own, but I think you'll be disappointed with the taste.

I grew Sarpo Mira last year for the third year in a row.

I found them to indeed be blight resistant with blight affecting all the other site members crops (both the pots and the toms).
We love the taste of them too. They make wonderful mash!

Have you tried them then Ollie? And if so which one did you try?

I don't think I would risk cutting them in half though and I can't see how you will get anymore of a crop from them even if it did work.
We didn't manage to harvest them all due to several problems such as partner breaking is ankle just before Christmas at the same time as Mum developing dementia. Yesterday was the first time I was at the plot from well before Christmas and out of the ones still there about half of them were fine and we had them mashed for dinner last night and they tasted great  :)

Have I tried them? Yes, and they were truly awful! We didn't even bother eating 90% of them & neither did my lottie neighbours who I got to help themselves... ended up digging them just to bin. It's interesting that you liked them. Must be down to soil type, praps? They didn't get blight though, but neither did  anything else.

Hippy Dave,  if you do cut them in half, leave them for a couple of days for the cut bit to dry out first  before planting - It cuts down on the possibility of rot if it's wet after planting.

Cheers

We bought they the first year they were introduced.  Most disappointing, wouldn't buy them again.  :( :(

Agree both with Ollie & asbean. No flavour & they stand too late so digging them out of clay is very difficult in November.
Slugs/wireworm decimated one of the varieties (can't remember which).
Yes, they are blight resistant & bl**dy expensive.
:(

well ive got to give them ago now ive bought them (60 tubers) lost most of my pots last year to blight.
If i dont like them ill just have to lump it. i have some kestrel so should have some good pots before the blight strikes i hope. should have done a search on the forum before buying but you live and learn :-\

You can always jazz up the taste esp of mash, with cheese, mustard, other roots.. anything you want really...  :)

I grew them last year, tasted alrightish. They were the only mains to survive, so I'm using them all as seed this year.