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chitting potatoes
Derek Turner wrote:
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. Thank you That'll be the lumpy bits then? |
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