Sarpo potatoes

[ElleGeeParticipant]

I live in France and everyone here sprays their potatoes with Bouille Bordelaise (based on copper sulphate – Bordeaux mixture in English?) to control blight. I am keen to try the Sarpo potatoes in order to avoid spraying with anything.
I have bought Sarpo Mira and Axona seed potatoes, but have read some somewhat negative reports about their flavour and cooking quality. Any comments from cooks in the forum? I saw your suggestion, Charles, re cutting off the tops of the Sarpo in September.
Another question: if I want to plant these as a experiment on blight control, would it be foolish to plant other varieties that are not considered so resistant at the same time? We get a potato here called Victoria which is delicious! But if it gets blight am I going to put the Sarpos at risk too?

[charlesModerator]

ElleGee, Sarpos are just so blight resistant and will not be affected if nearby leaves have blight.
They have good writer-ups by chefs, for flavour. As long as you like drier, more starchy potatoes, good for roasting for example.

[ElleGeeParticipant]

Many thanks for your quick and useful reply Charles. I’m really keen to try the Sarpos.

[DalesmanParticipant]

Sarpo seem to just keep growing and growing till frost hits, thus you can have big yields. For quite good flavour, harvest before the tubers get too big.

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