Ronnigers

Hi, Rona! I haven't dealt w/Ronnigers, but I order basic models(Kennebec and Red Pontiac) from Henry Fields or Gurneys. Using their $25.00 coupons, I get nice seed potatoes for $1.50/lb. In bulk, designer spuds can be had reasonably from seedsavers.org. I'm between crops right now and feeling the pain, as my wife came in from the grocery with a store boughten bag--ouch! My next harvest will be in a few weeks, and I vow never to run out again. Potatoes are actually a good payday crop, esp. when grown in cages. Misterbaby.

Check out the answers to this question from last week. Several sources are included. Unless you are looking for very unusual varieties you should find many local sources come planting time. Even grocery stores, Walmart and big box stores like Lowe's and Home Depot carry them at spring planting time.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Where to buy seed potatoes discussion

Thanks guys!

Misterbaby- I understand your pain. I have tried yukon gold this year not knowing that there are early, mid and late season. So my potato harvest was short and found myself addicted to fresh spuds.

Dave- I think I just saw 2 varieties from the local stores during planting season. One was yukon gold which I tried and a red variety. I just want to have different varieties to last me the growing season and some for winter storing. Although it would be fun to try unusual varieties, I don't think my pocket can handle it right now.

thanks again.

Potatoea sold as "seed" are too expensive for more than one reason. I just use store-boughts. If you are too fancy , you can buy theym from whole food/organic markets.

The ordinary store potatoes may (or may not) be sprayed by sprout inhibitors. But the organic store ones are not.

The only reason for me to buy the so-called "seed potatoes" is if I want a variety that is rare and not sold in stores.
The seed potatoes come from the same farms that grow our potatoes. If their seed potratoe are ok then the others should be fine too. If there were a virus it would not have discriminated. And the farmer would not have let any of his lots get infected.

I agree with the previous poster. I use potatoes from the grocery store. In the past, I've used the non-organic kind because I didn't know about the growth inhibiter spray, and they still worked fine. This year, I used organic potatoes and they sprouted beautifully and are ready to transplant.