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chitting potatoes
alan.holmes wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in message ... alan.holmes wrote: "shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Ophelia" wrote in message ... 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. Me too, mine have been sprouting for ages, but being a lazy begger I haven't had the get up and go to get them in the ground, perhaps tomorrow! Well, I suppose with better knowledge, I would have looked for a bag of seed potatoes with sprouts. I only bought them a few weeks ago. I don't think its important to buy potatoes already starting to chit, if the time is not right to plant them, seeds already chiting can be a real nuisance. I never buy bags of seed potatoes, as there are always far to many for my needs, I look for places which sell them loose, so I can choose exactly those which are suitable for me to use. I bought just a few. They did have big sacks full but I got a small ... umm... net? of them! About a dozen if memory serves without going outside to look. I will tomorrow though if you would like to know? |
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chitting potatoes
"Ophelia" wrote in message ... alan.holmes wrote: "Ophelia" wrote in message ... alan.holmes wrote: I don't think its important to buy potatoes already starting to chit, if the time is not right to plant them, seeds already chiting can be a real nuisance. I never buy bags of seed potatoes, as there are always far to many for my needs, I look for places which sell them loose, so I can choose exactly those which are suitable for me to use. I bought just a few. They did have big sacks full but I got a small ... umm... net? of them! About a dozen if memory serves without going outside to look. I will tomorrow though if you would like to know? I can't wait!(:-) |
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chitting potatoes
alan.holmes wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in message ... alan.holmes wrote: "Ophelia" wrote in message ... alan.holmes wrote: I don't think its important to buy potatoes already starting to chit, if the time is not right to plant them, seeds already chiting can be a real nuisance. I never buy bags of seed potatoes, as there are always far to many for my needs, I look for places which sell them loose, so I can choose exactly those which are suitable for me to use. I bought just a few. They did have big sacks full but I got a small ... umm... net? of them! About a dozen if memory serves without going outside to look. I will tomorrow though if you would like to know? I can't wait!(:-) lol watchit |
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