"Ophelia" wrote in message
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Just to be sure I know what this means.. does it mean waiting til the
spuds have wee shoots growing from them?


Yes. The sprouts are called chits.

I mentioned that when at Harlow Carr recently, I bought some bags, compost
and some seed potatoes. I have them in the light awaiting sprouts. I
have no sprouts. Must I wait till the sprouts grow before I can plant
them, please?

No, stick them in now. There is disagreement every year about whether it
actually achieves anything anyway. TBH, I'm surprised they haven't started
sprouting in the bags by now.


Steve