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
Farrelli (verified owner) –
Another mass producing potato. Had about twenty 6×4 inches and a lot of medium sized ones from six seed potatoes and I am currently in the process of using the last ones. They need space to grow as the foliage tends to sprawl about, but the final product is satisfying.
Peter Brooks (verified owner) –
It’s a lovely day here (Middlesex) so I might go to the allotment and dig up another row of the Sarpo Mira I ordered from you last year. Following the amazingly hot July/August weather we haven’t had (for the first time in a few years) any blight at the site, but it’s still reassuring to know that all the work done in planting the potatoes in early April won’t go to waste even if we do have blight.
Andy –
I’ve grown all the Sarpo range over the last few years and although Mira crops heavily and it’s blight resistance is second to none, it’s my least favourite in the range. For me growing your own spuds is all about the taste. The flavour of Mira is ok, but I think it’s very high starch content can affect its eating quality. I’ve also found that Mira is less resilient to environmental stress than other Sarpo’s, especially the long dry periods followed by sudden wet spells that seems to be the summer norm nowadays. This results in Mira putting on a lot of sudden growth, leading to hollow hearts in the tubers. Personally, I think that Sarpo Axona is a better choice for flavour and tuber quality. However, if you can keep the moisture level consistent and your priority is massive, blight free spuds, Mira is one for you.
Geoffrey Jackson (verified owner) –
I have just been having a look at my Sarpo Mira, and another good crop is prospect. I was still using spuds from Sarpo Mira bag in March this year. A record for me.
Daniel Baines –
Sarpo Mira is famous. Its also another one of those varieties with a commercialized, ‘mass produced’ image. All about productivity, and nothing about flavour. First of all, let me say that it is not the best tasting potato… but it isn’t bad. It really isn’t. There are far worse out there. The first time I grew these, I didn’t like them. These lack sennesence, so its hard to tell when to harvest. A couple of years later, I harvested later, and they seemed to have a little more flavour, and be a little less watery. They moved from ‘poor’ to ‘better than average’ in my culinary estimation.
So why grow them? Well..; its all about the plant itself. Not so much the potato. This plant is the wonder of the potato kingdom. Last year I had plants as high as my shoulders. And I’m a big guy. They just keep growing, without any issues. Blight resistance is insanely high. Mine grew from April until the end of November. Insane. All through the season without succumbing to any diseases. They did show some signs of dying towards the end, but by the time they would’ve died, the frost would probably have killed them anyway. Then there were the YIELDS. Insane. I’ve never known anything like it. I was yanking out potatoes half the size of my head, about 20 per plant. The guy from the plot next to me was watching this spectacle with amazement, and now he’s growing Sarpos too.
Not the best to eat, but certainly not bad, and its economy and organics more tha make up for it.