Seed Potato Sources
Author Ellen Vande Visse
Seed Potato Sources
The worst thing you can do to all of us … is to plant the potatoes that you bought at the grocery store, or over-wintered from your garden. In fact it is unlawful.
Why? You threaten us all with spreading diseases like Late Blight—the same disease that caused the famine in Ireland.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM STATE OF ALASKA
To avoid a potato with the late blight, purchase your seed potatoes from a reliable source that have been inspected and certified clean (of diseases).
For further information you may contact the Palmer office of the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Agriculture at 907 745-7200.
Listed below are the approved greenhouses for the Mat-Su and Anchorage area:
Note: please notify me of changes to keep me updated! Thanks
Local garden stores, nurseries, greenhouses
• Alaska Plant Materials Center, in Butte area of Palmer 907 745-4469 www.plants.alaska.gov
• Alaska Mill & Feed, Anchorage, 907 276-6016
• Dearborn Farm, Palmer 907 745-3501
• Art Peterson, Willow 907-733-2372
• Greg Kalal, Raising It Up Farm 907 339-1966 gkalal@gci.net
• Pyrah’s Pioneer Peak Farm, Butte area, Palmer 907-745-4511
• Bold Raven Farm, Willow 907 495-5462
• VanderWeele Farms, LLC, Palmer 907-745-3597
• Jeff Smeenk, Palmer, 907 746-2773