Hi Charles and everyone on the Forums,
I’ve had a great year (well I think so) for potatoes. My favourite is Scottish Pink Fir Apple. I was a bit late in planting (6th May), but they grew to over 6 feet. Not sure if they should do that. I was wondering if they would do even better if they were pruned so as to produce more side shoots. Anyway, I produced 25 kg from 20 plants in the first crop of a raised bed 3.1m X 1.2m. I am hoping they will keep OK in hessian sacks in the garage. A lot of them are 6-8 inches long and they taste delicious. All sorts of different shapes. Pictures down below.
My question is : Which of the potatoes would be best to save as seed for next year? Should I save the long ones and cut into pieces or is it better to save the smaller ones and plant whole? There are as I say some strange shapes very nobbly. I can break up some of the ones that have multiple legs like the 2nd photo.
I am saving seed potatoes from other varieties as well and they are roughly egg shape and size.
Any advice would be welcome.
Great Course on 12th September!
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