Apache Potatoes

I've bought a few Apache Potatoes from T***O, well they looked so interesting I couldn't resist! - I am going to give them a try, as all my spuds in large pots. - Anyone tried this varierty? which I understand to be a Second Early or Early Maincrop.



Might go well with the Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans ??

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Well if you liked the taste of them why not ?

These were presumably on sale for eating, rather than sold as certified disease free seed potatoes?

Personally (others take a different view I know) I only ever plant certified disease free seed potatoes as I don't want to be the cause of an outbreak of potato disease in my area. People also say that self-saved spuds tend to get smaller year-on-year (dunno why that would be different to farmers growing a crop of spuds to sell as seed-potatos though?) and list a variety of other drawbacks, all minor though (provided you don't "import" disease with the spuds you plant).

Seed potatoes are dearer, of course, but the yield relative to the cost of seed potatoes makes the up-front cost not too harsh.

 

Hi K - thanks for your response - indeed these were 'eaters', but I grow only a few in pots, so if any problems occur the soil is not contaminated. I've done this for years with potatoes that take my fancy, just for fun you understand. If I detect any evident problems with my 'experiments' they of course go in the bin. (not the compost bin)

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