seed potatoes

Thanks, good to know that garden centres have them loose. I just bought 3 potato pots and need to go and buy some more tomorrow, would like to get 3 different varieties, second earlies I think. I am raring to get started in the garden, wish the soil would dry a bit

Have you a local allotment society shop?
We have, and their seed potatoes are superb quality, in fact I have about twelve kilos of different sorts coming at end of Feb. Our shop is non profit making, and anyone can go, not just us allotmenteers.
Might be worth a trip?

Our nearest large garden centre sell loose seed potatoes.
So lovely to be discussing this, makes me feel that spring is just round the corner

I'm just guessing, but would think that any potato left long enough in favourable conditions will start sprouting.
I once read that those sold for eating in supermarkets have been sprayed with something to stop them sprouting.
The best new potatoes we've ever had were the result of throwing some dried up ones into the compost box.

The cheaper shops often sell smaller bags.
That said, I have resorted in recent years to using non- seed potatoes, just buying health-looking Charlotte potatoes from the supermarket to plant. I know this is frowned on as there is a risk of infections, but so far I have had great results, taking first place two years running with what I've grown from them in the village show.

We were at a big garden centre yesterday and I noticed they had loose seed potatoes but didn’t notice what variety they were. It’s a long time since we bought seed potatoes but always bought them loose.

I buy them loose from my local garden centre, they are well known for their loose seed potatoes and must have a hundred varieties.

However they are a local independent garden centre, not 1 of a chain.

I bought some from Aldi last year, they had a number of different sorts of varieties to choose from. About £1.40 I think. They all grew!

I have bought them in loose in garden centres, as well, but I also think I have seen them loose or in small packs in Wilco’s.