On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:23 +0100, Ophelia wrote:

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

Yes, well actually, getting them to start to sprout.

Ah! I supposed that one put them in the light and waited. Is there a
technique?

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, if they haven't started to sprout and are otherwise OK then just go
ahead and plant.

Just one more question if you please. Do I bury the potatoes completely
or leave some of the bumpy bits poking out?


The former. I use a bulb-planter. One advatage of chitting is thast you
can see which end has the most sprouts: put that end facing up! Otherwise
look for the 'eyes' the bits you gouge out when peeling spuds) and put
the end with most of them pointing up.