Seeding potatos

Yes they will be safe for planting, the seed potatoes grow shoots (chitting) and this gives them a start when planting out

Potatoes for eating should not be exposed to light or they then turn green and will contain poisonous alkaloids (solanine)

Potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines, all related to deadly nightshade...solanum family

 

Is it possible to grow Jersey Royals or is there anything similar?

 

plenty available

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=jersey+royal+seed+potatoes&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

 

Also look for Jersey Royal under its marketing name 'international kidney'

 

We tried Jersey Royals for the last 2 years. Apart from costing more than other seed potatoes we got rather poor yield. Our best crops come from Aran Pilot - perhaps they like our soil better?

 

Me too, jjordie (then you know that already!!)
I wasn't at all impressed and what I did get was contaminated with disease.

 

I've been looking for a a source of original Ayreshires but I think they are known by a different name now. Fancy trying some in a large 'MuckBucket'.

 

the original early potato grown in the sandy soils of sw Ayrshire and heavily manured from manure from Ayrshire cows were variety Epicure
but many "ARRAN" varieties were developed in late 1800s for various purposes, most are "heritage" and will have a good flavour

 

check this out
http://www.tastetrail.com/larder/potato.htm

 

see
..............."First Early ââ?¬Ë?Karlenaââ?¬â?¢
(Castlemill Seed Potatoes)
Alongside the ââ?¬Ë?Red Duke of Yorkââ?¬â?¢, this is my favourite first early. It is like the classic, slightly floury ââ?¬Ë?Epicureââ?¬â?¢ but is easier to grow because of blight, scab and eelworm resistance. It is a reasonably early boiling potato but soon develops into a useful all rounder with fine flavour."
see
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gardenguide/2006/january.php

[ 13. February 2006, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: The Lady Gardener ]

 

Mmmm... Thanks Lady G, I'll follow those links up.

 

I checked on my potatos today and I think it may be alittle early for them. I pulled one out and it looked all wrinkley and was going all soft but what shocked me most was finding all these tiny little white things crawling all over them! What are they??

 

Yuk!

 

Herb:
Sounds like Potato Cyst Nematode (aka eelworm) :(
Aggriculture and Food Science NI

The original seed potato starch will convert to food for the emerging plant and will reduce to a brown mass. The new plant produces more tubers during growth and maturing at flower set. This is normal. The worms however are bad news. Isolation of the plot and crop rotation are essential.

 

eeek,where did they come from and how did they get there?? I grew a couple of beetroot in the same pot last autumn. Should I now grow nothing in the soil and dump it in the garden or can I leave it for some time until they die off?