Price of seed potatoes

[Normans Mum]

Maybe I have money to squander then.... I didn't think that the tatties at my local garden centre were that expensive- �3 for 2 kilos. Whereas at B&Q their "special offer" of 2 for �6 wasn't that good cos their bags are less that 2 kilos in weight. Robbing barstewards :O I might wait and see what Wilkies have in store......

[hollychap]

i have been to 4 garden centers so far not one had lady chritl i didnt struggle last year

[WendyC]

I have Lady Christl which came from T&M, free postage for the next few days.

[hollychap]

I have Lady Christl which came from T&M, free postage for the next few days.

wendy you are a star thank you for the info, last year one of my posts was published in the gyo magazine and i was sent a �10 t&m voucher which had to be used before the end of 2012 so i ordered some seeds again on a freepost weekend (thanks vc for that heads up ) when the seeds arrived there was a �5 voucher in the envolope which i have just used so 20 lady chritl seed spuds are on there way to me at a cost of diddly squat woooooooooooot

[WendyC]

That's the kind of shopping I like.

[~kirsty~]

I brought a couple of seed potato bags from morrisons �1 for 5 seeds, but I don't anticipate planting loads and I'm using them t o break up my new allotment soil... today they only had charlotte and roosters, but i'm keen to try lots of different varieties so might try poundland/wilkos to check out the other varieties. i'm impressed morrisons was cheaper than wilko's this year.

[sauzee]

Tesco Direct are selling 20 tubers Red Duke of York and Charlotte for �2.99 delivered by T&M free p&p
They may have others on sale

[Two_Sheds]

I got another few seed spuds y'day, Asda Finest. I ate the spuds, after slicing off the "eye" end. The ends have been planted in pots of compost in the unheated gh (it got to 14c yesterday).

[phil the shed]

I got another few seed spuds y'day, Asda Finest. I ate the spuds, after slicing off the "eye" end. The ends have been planted in pots of compost in the unheated gh (it got to 14c yesterday).

TS i do love your disregard for buying seed pots it makes me smile :-) do you do ok with the supermarket ones when you harvest?
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[Two_Sheds]

TS i do love your disregard for buying seed pots ... do you do ok with the supermarket ones when you harvest?
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I usually do buy seed potatoes, as well as replanting my own saved spuds, but this year I have challenged myself not to (to see how successful it is).

My earliest, and usually biggest, crops are from the volunteers left in the soil, or from peelings put in the compost heaps.

You must be aware of blight though: the spores survive on LIVING plant tissue, ie volunteers. If you've had blight, make sure you dig up and destroy all volunteers on your plot.

[Normans Mum]

Don't know hjow far you want to travel, but my garden centre here in Radcliffe, Newbank garden centre, has them in stock.

[rustylady]

QD Charlotte seed potatoes 99p for eight = Tesco Charlotte potatoes �1 for 1 kilo (some for eating and some for planting)

[Thelma Sanders]

Tesco Charlotte potatoes �1 for 1 kilo (some for eating and some for planting)

I tried that last year and had a very poor crop from them, (the other varieties I grew from bought seed were fine) I think they must spray them with something
So this year I've gone back to buying a small pack of 'proper seed' from Wilko, as it was a false economy...

[Bigmallly]

QD Charlotte seed potatoes 99p for eight = Tesco Charlotte potatoes �1 for 1 kilo (some for eating and some for planting)

That's my kind of seed potato, have never used anything else but supermeercat ones. No problems thus far.

[hollychap]

just bought 2 small packs of maincrop scottish seed spuds from a place called price pounder kerrs pink 6 seed spuds (never heard of them) and good old king edwards 8 seedspuds 69p each per pkt as anyone grown the kerrs pink before ? what are they like ?