Seed Potatoes

There’s nothing more rewarding than pulling fresh potatoes out of your very own soil. Seed potatoes are unfussy, easy to grow and available to order for most of the early part of the gardening season. To grow potatoes successfully, you’ll need good quality seed potatoes, rather than seeds produced by the flowers. Seed potatoes are specifically selected, disease-free potatoes that are tested and kept in a cool, dark room until they’re required to plant for the following years crop. Seed potatoes grow best if they have started “chitting” (sprouting after being put in a cool, light place) before being put in the ground. For the largest possible crop of small to average sized potatoes, leave on all the chits. If you prefer a smaller crop of giant potatoes, pick off all but two of the chits before planting. We offer some of the most delicious and highest quality seed potatoes and potato tubers available, from the perfect salad or new potato ‘Arran Pilot’ to the red, multi-purpose potatoes of the ‘Mozart’ variety. First early potatoes are planted in late March for a harvest in May onwards, while maincrops are planted in mid-to late-April to be ready to harvest from August to October.