Available Seed and Tissue Culture Sales
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Welcome to our available seed and tissue culture sales hub! We appreciate your interest in purchasing seed potatoes and tissue cultures from CSU. Here you will find helpful info and catalogs for all available Potato Seed and Tissue Cultures.
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Available Seed Sales
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Available Seed Sales
General Info
All our seed potatoes have been inspected and fully certified by the Colorado Potato Certification Service, so you can expect the highest quality seed potatoes. This season’s available selections are included in the seed catalog, available here for download.
If you’re a commercial grower looking to trial 25 cwt or more of a new variety, please call to discuss available seed. All orders will be available for pickup or shipping in early April 2024, unless otherwise requested.
Please submit orders and questions to:
Zach Czarnecki, Manager
Email: zach.czarnecki@colostate.edu
Phone: 719-225-9648
Shipping Policy
All potatoes are shipped in 50 lb. potato boxes via UPS. The typical shipping cost is $40 per 50 lb. box shipped inside Colorado.
We’re unable to provide exact quotes for shipping costs until we know the address and quantity of potatoes that need shipped as costs vary by distance and weight.
If you’d like to pick up your seed potatoes, you can do so free of charge. The address for pickup is:
San Luis Valley Research Center
0249 E Road 9 N
Center, CO 81125
Numbered line selections
Please note, if you’re interested in growing numbered line selections or other non-PVP protected potato varieties, you cannot resell numbered lines as seed potatoes without express written permission from CSU. To obtain permission, contact:
Zach Czarnecki, Manager
Email: zach.czarnecki@colostate.edu
Phone: 719-225-9648
Payment Policy
We accept payments by check only. We do not accept credit card payments and apologize for any inconvenience. Mailed payments must be received prior to potatoes being shipped. If you are picking up, you can make payment on the date of pick up.
Make checks payable to:
Colorado State University
Mail payments to:
San Luis Valley Research Center
0249 E Road 9 N
Center, CO 81125
2023 CSU Seed Potato Catalog
Download a PDF of the 2023 CSU Seed Potato Catalog below. We look forward to serving you!
Tissue Culture Sales
General Info
The Colorado State University Tissue Culture Lab is located at the San Luis Valley Research Center in Center, Colorado.
We’re proud to house approximately 600 potato varieties at this location. Clones are kept in test tubes and nodal cuttings are taken from the mother plant to produce a plantlet that is genetically identical to the mother plant.
All plants are certified, disease-free material and are distributed throughout the U.S. and internationally.
This season’s cultivars available as tissue culture material are included in the catalog, available here for download.
Please note: Some of the clones are privately owned and permission must be obtained from the owner before distribution. To confirm if a clone is privately owned and permission is required before distribution, visit: https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/plant-variety-protection/application-status
For more information regarding cost and availability, please contact:
Carolyn Keller, Lab Manager
Address: SLVRC 0249 East Co. Road 9N, Center, CO 81125
Email: carolyn.keller@colostate.edu
Phone: 719-754-3494 Ext. 29
Contact Carolyn Keller for shipping and payment policies.
2023 CSU Tissue Culture Catalog
Download a PDF of the 2023 CSU Tissue Culture Catalog below. We look forward to serving you!