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Comment on How to Grow Maori Potatoes by rich tetlow

rich tetlow — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:51:13 +0000

brilliant, thanks for that. i’ll get in touch 1st thing next year…& yes, if theres a variety available i’d definitely be up for trying a few.
thanks
rich

Comment on How to Grow Maori Potatoes by admin

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:51:52 +0000

Hi Rich, Thank You for the question, if you wait until after christmas I’ll have my harvest ready for sale then I can send you some. They don’t set seed as potatoes are propagated from tubers. Remind me nearer the time as I have several orders from the UK:) Would you be interested in a variety of ones or just the Urineka (Purple ones)?? I tell you once you taste them you’ll NEVER go back to European potatoes they are that good:)

Comment on How to Grow Maori Potatoes by rich tetlow

rich tetlow — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:53:30 +0000

hello. i’ve only just found out about these amazing maori potatoes, i’d love to grow some! i’m in the uk though, & i suspect even if i could find someone kind enough to send me some they wouldn’t make it through customs. new zealand & the uk are both pretty harsh on live plant immigration, with the uk being specially paranoid about potatoes as there are a couple of spud diseases that are fairly widespread elsewhere that we haven’t got. i was wondering though, if taewa set seed? most of our european spuds are a bit inbred & don’t set seed very well, & no one really notices as its so easy to save tubers. but some of them do, & i’ve been having great fun growing from them over the last few years, as they rarely come true to type so you tend to get all sorts of interesting new variations, which you can then keep going from tubers. also, seeds don’t carry diseases, so you get a fresh start each time, & i don’t think they’d be subject to border control.
so, if taewa do set seed, i wonder if theres any chance you’d be able to send me some? would be fantastic if so!
thanks
rich

Comment on How to Grow Maori Potatoes by admin

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:05:08 +0000

Thank You, Liz for the advice, I am sure your right, one of the few things touched by humans:) Buying them this way is the best of both Worlds as you can eat some and sow some!!!

Comment on How to Grow Maori Potatoes by LD

LD — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:32:40 +0000

I grow Maori potatoes that I get at the Grey Lynn Farmers market (first 3 sundays in every month) or New World gourmet Maori Potatoes when they are in the shops and let them sprout – they always seem to do fine as i dont think they are treated not to sprout. Hope this helps!