East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?

Smae thing has happened to me in the past. I've started treating the sets
with powdered sulfur (is a fungicide) after they have dried some after
cutting them up. I always bed them up also. We've had close to 30 inches
of rain here in south AL in the last three months. Only lost my onions so
far..............good luck



Charles P wrote in message
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East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?

I'm in WNC, same problem here. I believe the seed potatoes rotted in the
ground.
Steve
Charles P wrote in message ...
East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?

The message ink.net
from "Stephen Peek" contains these words:

I'm in WNC, same problem here. I believe the seed potatoes rotted in the
ground.
Steve
Charles P wrote in message ...
East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?






Where the seed tates chitted before you planted? If they wer`nt try that
next year.

"Charles P" wrote in message ...
East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?

As soon as I cut the seed potato, I dip the exposed part in wood ash,
to prevent rot.

I don't know what "chitted" is. I just cut them a couple of days prior to
planting, just long enough to let them heal.
Christopher Norton wrote in message ...
The message ink.net
from "Stephen Peek" contains these words:

I'm in WNC, same problem here. I believe the seed potatoes rotted in the
ground.
Steve
Charles P wrote in message ...
East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year. Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?






Where the seed tates chitted before you planted? If they wer`nt try that
next year.

Hi All,
to chitt potatoes you put them in trays with the eyes facing up, and allow
them to sprout. once they have sprouted they have in fact started to grow
and there is less chance of them rotting in the ground. hope this helps you.

Richard M. Watkin.


Stephen Peek wrote in message
rthlink.net...
I don't know what "chitted" is. I just cut them a couple of days prior to
planting, just long enough to let them heal.
Christopher Norton wrote in message ...
The message ink.net
from "Stephen Peek" contains these words:

I'm in WNC, same problem here. I believe the seed potatoes rotted in
the
ground.
Steve
Charles P wrote in message ...
East Tennessee. I've planted potatoes two times this year.
Ordinarily,
they're my easiest crop. Stick 'em in the ground, mulch with leaves,
spray a few times for flea and potato beetles, and that's it. This
year
we've had lots of rain. My taters never came up. I dig in my rows to
see what happened, and I find the rotten remnants. Most of the
chunks of seed potatoes never sprouted. Anybody else here in
the Southeast have similar results?






Where the seed tates chitted before you planted? If they wer`nt try that
next year.

"rmw" wrote in message

Hi All,
to chitt potatoes you put them in trays with the eyes facing up, and allow
them to sprout. once they have sprouted they have in fact started to grow
and there is less chance of them rotting in the ground. hope this helps
you.

Ok. Next year I'm gonna chitt 'em and dust them with wood ashes. This
is the first time I've ever heard about chitting. Seems the potatoes just
can't cope with too much moisture. It still keeps raining, beans and corn
and tomatoes are doing very well, so I can't complain too much. Now
that the coons seem to be gone, I'll have a chance at getting some good
results for the rest of the season.

The message
from "rmw" contains these words:

Hi All,
to chitt potatoes you put them in trays with the eyes facing up, and allow
them to sprout. once they have sprouted they have in fact started to grow
and there is less chance of them rotting in the ground. hope this helps you.

Richard M. Watkin.


Must be a UK thing then. Certainly is the way we brits are shown to do em.

The message
from "rmw" contains these words:

Hi All,
to chitt potatoes you put them in trays with the eyes facing up, and allow
them to sprout. once they have sprouted they have in fact started to grow
and there is less chance of them rotting in the ground. hope this helps you.

Richard M. Watkin.


Must be a UK thing then. Certainly is the way we brits are shown to do em.