Gourmet Seed Potatoes:

Please note that seed potatoes are generally in stock from March to September approx.

2024 Seed Potato Varieties:

• Delaware -Delaware is a medium to large cream/buff coloured oval potato with firm, waxy white flesh. Delaware are distinctive for their moderate to deep set eyes and their tendency to store particularly well. Delaware is an all-round great tasting starchy potato perfect for microwaving, boiling or roasting. 
  
  
• Avanti -Avanti potatoes are small round potatoes with yellow skin and firm, yellow flesh. These potatoes are an early variety and are high yielding. Avanti potatoes have a low starch content making them suitable for those following a low GI diet.
  
  
• White Star -White Star is a recently improved potato variety that was specifically chosen in Western Australia to provide high yields of large tubers during the colder months. The oblong shaped tubers have shallow eyes and smooth skin and its skin and flesh have a lovely cream colour. White Star is a medium-dry Potato suitable for boiling, microwaving, roasting and frying. White Star has a light fry colour.
  
  
• Prince of Orange -Originally a french gourmet potato. It is a long oval shaped potato with smooth, red skin and dark yellow/orange flesh.  Creamy, buttery taste. Prince of Orange Potatoes are high in Carotenoids – a very powerful antioxidants.Very versatile all-rounder potato suitable for boiling, steaming, roasting and frying.
  
  
• Norland -An early variety medium sized round potato with a red skin and a firm white flesh. This potato is another great all-rounder, and is suitable for boiling, frying and baking.

Nothing beats the flavour of home grown potatoes! Choose from our range of certified disease-free seed potatoes to find the best varieties for your climate and preferred cooking method.

Potatoes can be grown in the ground, in pots, or in potato grow bags, making them a great choice no matter how much growing room you have.

If you are growing seed potatoes in potato grow bags, this 1kg bag of seed potatoes will require 2-3 grow bags to allow sufficient growing space for an optimal harvest.

Autumn is a great time to plant potatoes here in Perth, and new stocks of our seed potatoes usually arrive in store then. Available varieties vary from year to year, depending on what's growing well at Bathgate Farm.

Certified Seed Potatoes from Bathgate Farm

When buying potatoes for planting it is best to buy from certified growers, who guarantee that their potato "seed" is disease-free and true to variety.  Beware of using potatoes from the supermarket or any other non-certified source as they have often been treated to prevent sprouting and may well bring disease into your garden.

Starting with quality seedis the essence of a successful potato crop.

Our certified seed  potatoes are lovingly grown by Andrew and Jocelyn Bathgate, from Bathgate Farm near Albany on the south coast of Western Australia. Andrew and Jocelyn grow potatoes, vegetables and salad crops for local restaurants and farmers markets, andspecialise in unconventional varieties chosen for their flavour and cooking qualities. 

Do have a look at our Blog Post for more information on choosing and growing potatoes.

Read this article on Everything You Need To Know About Growing Potatoes for more information.

*** Due to quarantine restrictions we are unable to send potatoes to Tasmania or South Australia***

1kg bag