Re: Potatoes
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- Subject: Re: Potatoes
- From: A* D* <a*@crwys.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:34:47 +0000 (GMT)
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On Sun 17 Jan, Rene M. Lipshires wrote:
> 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?
>
My philosophy is that as long as the kept seed does well why not use it.
If there are problems, start afresh.
I have never had the best results from freshly purchased seed, it seems
to have to get used to me or my soil.
--
Allan Day Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
