Re: Potatoes

Olin,

I don't have answers to any of the good questions that you ask.  I live in
Massachusetts (zone 5), so I purchase my seed potatos from Wood Prairie
Farm, in Maine.  Also, Johnny's offers seed potatoes.  I think the
"certification" process is state regulated; and is referenced on the web as
well as the catalogues.

I had potatoes that I inadvertantly left in the ground.  The next spring,
potato plants grew which yielded a nice batch of red skinned potatoes, with
no visible problems.  Is it possible to plant the seed potatoes in the fall
(rather than the spring) for the next year's crop?

Rene.


-----Original Message-----
From: Olin <millero@worldnet.att.net>
To: Veggie List <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: Potatoes


>I have done it both ways and have not seen any difference.  I would also be
>interested in knowing how the "disease free" seed potatoes are certified
and
>tested.  I know many people grow potatoes successfully from store-bought
>supermarket potatoes and I sometimes wonder if the often-reported
>sprout-retardant treatments of these potatoes exist only in the minds of
>seed potato companies.  What is the retardant that is used and where and
>when in the market cycle is it applied.  How long is it effective?  -Olin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rene M. Lipshires <rene1@ibm.net>
>To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
>Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 6:51 AM
>Subject: Re: Potatoes
>
>
>>I heard that someone actually keeps small potatoes from their crop and
>>reuses them for seed potatoes the next year...  I wanted to do this as
>well,
>>but wasn't sure if this practice would encourage disease.  Most seed
>potatoe
>>catalogues promote that their stock is "disease free" and are "certified";
>>so i tend to buy new seed potato each year, rather than using seed potato
>>from my crop.  Any advice/thoughts on this?
>>
>>
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