On Sep 3, 3:47*pm, John Savage wrote:
Ivan writes:
I've also planted some potatoes in the back yard ------ Nothing coming
up yet.
In fact, they've not even sprouted.

You planted seed potatoes without shoots? *That is not recommended.
I'm not sure that you can depend on them all developing shoots while
underground.

I'm hoping something will happen soon.. :S

You may find that only a few turn into plants, and the others might
just stay dormant. It might be better to dig them up and keep them
until they have developed some shoots before replanting. Are they
not even showing swollen eyes?

What do other readers think? *

Perhaps bunnings seed potatoes weren't as good as I had hoped for them
to be.

Taters are taters. They'll all grow, provided you wait till they've
developed shoots before planting.

I suggest that you don't follow the folklore of cutting larger seed
potatoes into a few pieces. This makes them much more vulnerable to
fungal attack, even after you've let the cut dry over. It is false
economy. Buy smaller seed potatoes, and plant them whole, and almost
even one should emerge.
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John Savage * * * * * * * *(my news address is not valid for email)

Hi there..
Thank you kindly for your advise!
How would you recommend I'd encourage the potatoes to grow shoots?
As this is my first time planting these, I'm not sure what to do!

I did, however, plant them whole, and not cut them up .... Even though
it was recommended I do so by many sourses..

"Ivan" wrote in message
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Hi there..
Thank you kindly for your advise!
How would you recommend I'd encourage the potatoes to grow shoots?

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if they're not just naturally shooting all by themselves because it's time
(which mine are), put them somewhere with a bit of light, which is a bit
warm, & they'll soon hop to it.

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As this is my first time planting these, I'm not sure what to do!

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i, too, panicked about potatoes at first (it's because you can't see what
they're doing while they're in the ground!! ;-) however, they are very very
easy & very low maintenance too. the worst that might happen is you get scab
or something like that, but you're virtually guaranteed a good usable yield
anyway, considering the low effort put in.

they love rotted manure & straw & a generally slightly acid soil (which
manure helps with); or failing that, compost or similar or even rotted
leaves or soemthing like that. just keep piling it on as the plants grow.
kylie


I did, however, plant them whole, and not cut them up .... Even though
it was recommended I do so by many sourses..

On Sep 3, 3:47 pm, John Savage wrote:

You planted seed potatoes without shoots?

What do other readers think?

So long as they have eyes, I don't really bother about whehter they have
sprouted growth at time of planting or not. Can't say I've noticed nay
problems with the resulting harvest.

FarmI wrote:

On Sep 3, 3:47 pm, John Savage wrote:

You planted seed potatoes without shoots?

What do other readers think?

So long as they have eyes, I don't really bother about whehter they have
sprouted growth at time of planting or not. Can't say I've noticed nay
problems with the resulting harvest.

I don't buy seed potatoes but I often take old potatoes bought at the
Supermarket out of the cupboard and plant them in the garden 15cms
apart. I suppose they would all have eyes with some starting to sprout.
If ever I run out of potatoes I can generally always dig up a spud or
two in my garden.
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Terry