Planting material

Plant potatoes, onion sets, shallot sets or garlic sets are also known as seed potatoes. Seed potatoes are small tubers that are not grown for consumption, but for planting. So after a few months, you can harvest your own potatoesgarlic, onion or shallot from your vegetable garden. And everyone knows: what you do yourself, you usually do better 🙂 ...

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What exactly are seed potatoes?

So, seed potatoes are small tubers that were grown to be planted and not to be eaten immediately. This method of planting yields a lot more than sowing seeds. Moreover, sowing involves a lot more work. The best-known types of seed potatoes include potatoes, onions, shallots and garlic. Sometimes the terms planting material and seed potatoes are used interchangeably, but there is indeed a difference. Planting seed potatoes involves planting a small tuber, while planting potatoes involves planting pre-grown plants. Examples of planting material are tomato plants and lettuce plants.

Why choose seed potatoes specifically?

You might wonder why you need to buy seed potatoes then? Can't you just plant the potatoes you buy in the supermarket? The answer to that is yes, you can, but... Seed potatoes are grown in such a way that the yield per tuber is many times higher than with eating potatoes, onions, shallots... Moreover, the risk of diseases is a lot lower with seed potatoes.

Seed potatoes

From Agria over Bintje, Charlotte, Nicola to Yona. All possible potato varieties you can think of can be bought as seed potatoes at Hermie Online. Specific seed potatoes for boiling, baking, frying, mashing or for use in a salad. The range also includes suitable seed potatoes for every application. For some types of seed potatoes it is advisable to pre-germinate. This is the case with potatoes. By pre-germinating , you encourage your seed potatoes to germinate before planting. When there are already sprouts before planting, the plants have a head start. You can start this from February. You can easily pre-germinate seed potatoes such as potatoes in an egg carton or wooden box. Place these boxes or crate in a light-rich, cool place and wait for sprouts to start sprouting from the dormant eyes.

Discover our seed potatoes  View Marcel's potato guide

Onions, shallot and garlic

Classic seasonings in the kitchen such as onions, shallots and garlic also belong to seed potatoes. In a Flemish or Dutch vegetable garden, these classics absolutely cannot be missing. If you do not have a large vegetable garden, you can also grow onion sets, shallots and garlic in a pot or grow bag.

Discover our plant onions, shallots and garlic  View Marcel's seed potato guide

Seed potatoes: so much more versatile than just potatoes, onions and shallots

The most popular seed potatoes continue to be potatoes, onions and shallots. Chicory and mushrooms are also among them. And that is only logical. In Western European cuisine, these ingredients are widely used, but that doesn't mean there aren't other types of seed potatoes. Often these are a lot more exotic, so check out our seed potato specialities.
  • Asparagus
  • Indian cherry
  • Chayote
  • Horseradish
  • Japanese maple
  • Rhubarb
  • Ginger
  • Maggiore
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Please note that because seed potatoes are highly seasonal, obviously not all seed potatoes are available year-round.

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