We will dispatch Seed Potatoes and accessories on a week to suit you in the Spring at no extra charge.
Prices include UK delivery with very few exceptions.
Orders will be dispatched within 4 days then will take 4-5 days to get to you. But this can be longer especially if we have any industrial action.
If you want a specific week, let us know at checkout box. We recommend that you get your potatoes in plenty of time to chit. If you plan to plant in March, we would suggest delivery in late January/February to give 4-6 weeks chitting, if you plan to plant in April, a late February/March date would suit. OVER 98% success rate last year!
Do not ask for delivery too early 4-6 weeks before planting is best.
After delivery it is YOUR responsibility to store the seed potatoes in the correct manner. We have a FREE DELAYED DELIVERY service for our customers and STRONGLY recommend that you if you do not have the correct conditions to store the seed potatoes it would be better to ask for delivery 4-6 weeks before you intend to plant. Seed Potatoes are a natural product and will deteriorate if not stored correctly.
For the vast majority of orders, we do not charge a surcharge for Scottish Highlands and Islands and other remote areas. However, we reserve the right to contact you if we can't get a viable rate. Unfortunately, for large or extremely remote orders, it is likely that we will need to pass on some haulage charge. Please see FAQ for full details
For Isle of Man and the Channel Islands please see FAQ for details.
If you wish to pick up we offer a 15% discount. By default, this option will only appear for local postcodes. If yours doesn’t appear, use our postcode DD3 0QN in the “Deliver to Address”. You need to select local pick up and also put code Pickup in the coupon box. Also to help us, put “pick up” in the “deliver to address”. Note that your order may still take a day or two to organise and we will contact you when your order is ready. We operate on a working farm with machinery, vehicles and livestock and so please keep children and pets inside your car when picking up. This is only available for orders up to £50 – if you wish to pick up a larger order, please contact us prior to ordering.
If we get a parcel returned to us due to wrong details we will charge you postage to re-send. Please check the details on your confirmation note and inform us immediately of any mistakes. Small typos are easy to do!
All products ordered will be sent together in the same delivery. If you require us to split the delivery YOU MUST do two orders. Bulk discounts are only available for the same order. A mixed order for Seed Potatoes and Potatoes to Eat is welcome as long as they are to be dispatched immediately.
During times of frost or low temperatures deliveries will be held back until more favourable conditions prevail and we will inform customers of any delays over social media and on our website. Some deliveries may be delayed if we have to re- stock our nets.
See our FAQ page for more information on payment, discounts and delivery dates and our Terms and Conditions regarding refunds
Daniel Baines (verified owner) –
Red Emmalie is a true genius potato. Aparrently, it is a cross between two of my favourite varieties, Highland Burgundy and Ratte. At first I was suspicious. Potato has a complex genome. When you cross varieties, you can’t always get predictable results. Could it be? Could we have a new potato, combining the genius of both parents? Short answer: Yes. The breeder, German Karsten Ellenberg, should win potato breeding prizes. (Now I want to try Violetta too!)
Long answer: I was suspicious at first. My Highland Burgundy got tuber blight. Turns out Red Emmalie is just as vulnerable to the same blights. The first plant I plucked, had to be tossed. Blighted tubers. I was also suspecting that I’d get low yields like Highland Burgundy, and a poorer texture like Ratte. So, to rescue my crop, I decided to pull up all my plants. I had planted them late, and they were only half grown, but ‘new’ potatoes would have to do. Thankfully, thats where the suspicions ended.
I pulled up a plant, and to my absolute shock, the yield was ENORMOUS. This plant had no tuber blight. Instead, I got 5.4 Kg of absolutely whopping huge potatoes. Totally no signs of pest or disease. The biggest one was half a kilo. I’ve never had a yield this high before. Especially not as ‘new’ potatoes. Not from a non-sarpo plant anyway.
When I got home, it was time to cook one of them up. The half kilo one. It was super easy to peel, even for a ‘new’ potato. When I cut into it, it was like air. It was so easy. I was going to bake it. The colour was not as deep as Highland Burgundy. However, the great news is that cooking Red Emmalie makes the red colour increase, not decrease. Once its cooked, its the same very deep red as its parent.
And then I put it in my mouth. It was like a dream. A light crisp on the outside of the slice, and an intensely velvety potato inside. So fluffy, so light. I was so happy. Because, its parent Highland Burgundy, is known as one of the best qualitying potato eats in the world… and its daughter plant retains all of those fantastic qualities. The combination with Ratte has not hurt it at all. If you had blindfolded me, I would’ve thought I was eating Highland Burgundy.
The only difference I could make out, was the taste of Red Emmalie is slightly stronger than Highland Burgundy. Its neither a good or a bad thing. Its a good flavour. On the other hand, you lose some of the subtelty.
Overall, Red Emmalie is an almost perfect potato. It has a couple of flaws, yes. But its as close to perfect as you’re going to get. It combines the superb eating of Highland Burgundy, with the great yield and quality of Ratte. I’m surprised farmers aren’t farming this one. Seriously, it should be widely commercially viable. Its beautiful, high quality, and above all… you get commercial level yields.
Amy Skea –
Thank you for your review. Breeding potatoes is a complex issue, I will pass your comments on to Karsten, he will be delighted. Click to read more about our breeding programme.