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Hello, we have decided we will be needing 800 seed potatoes this year
which sadly means we’ve outgrown our local Potato Day. Interested to know where others get yours and where might have good prices for this size of order.Also, they seem to be sold by the kilo or by the sack – so would it be 10-15 seed potatoes per kilo? And how many are in a sack? I find this confusing as the size varies so much.
I have the opposite problem. I only have two beds on my allotment for potatoes and as I like to have several different varieties have always bought them loose from a well known chain of garden centres. This year they are only supplying them in 1 or 2 kg bags prepacked. Luckily I have found a local garden centre (Monkton Elm) who have a tremendous range of potatoes loose at £2.29 a kilo. They get my support from now on.
Might be worth having a look at the Alan Romans website? Not actually bought from them before as I don’t need these sort of quantities either, but I believe it’s an excellent place to get good quality spuds, and as I understand it, plenty of different varieties too.
You could try http://www.kingsseedsdirect.com. I’ve just ordered some organic Sarpo mira from them. Seem to have a good range but you need to ring to check what’s available. About £1/kg for a 25kg sack + delivery. Count per kilo depends on the variety but I’m sure they will let you know average count.
I find the Potato Days very useful, you can buy 1 tuber or 150 and last year they were 17p each or £1.50 per 10, (including a mix of varieties).
I am off to the Hampshire Potato days at Whitchurch this weekend for my mix of several varieties.
You can also get other stuff there, runner bean and pea seeds, onion and shallot sets, organic plants, seed swaps and other goodies. I bought my copper trowel and hoes from Implementations there one year.
Here’s a link that covers a large area of the Country: http://www.potatoday.org/potatodays.htmThank you Jayjay,
http://www.potatoday.org/potatodays.htm
This link is fantastic & gives us all opportunity to buy tubers for this year @ incredible prices & organic if we want too! & will keep the link for next year.
& also talk to the experts or as the chap’s wife told me ‘the potatohead’!!
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