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

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?

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"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.


Steve

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shazzbat wrote:
"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.

No fresh green sprouts. Just kind of..brown lumpy bits, the same colour as
the rest of the potato. But in they shall go:))

Many thanks Steve:)

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Martin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

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

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?


The RHS and Google are your friends
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...tatoespots.asp

Thanks Martin, but if I want to google for things myself, then there is not
much point in belonging to a newsgroup:)

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In message , Ophelia
writes
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

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

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?


The RHS and Google are your friends
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...tatoespots.asp

Thanks Martin, but if I want to google for things myself, then there is not
much point in belonging to a newsgroup:)

This seems a less than courteous reply - or do I detect some history
here? If Martin can take the trouble to look up fulsome advice from the
professionals on how to grow potatoes for you and then point you in the
direction of the detailed advice surely that is as acceptable to you as
cutting and pasting the verbiage followed by a signature? A newsgroup
doesn't only exist to re-write or paraphrase what already exists. Rather
to help with advice - such a Martin has given.
--
Gopher .... I know my place!

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Gopher wrote:
In message , Ophelia
writes
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

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

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?


The RHS and Google are your friends
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...tatoespots.asp

Thanks Martin, but if I want to google for things myself, then there
is not much point in belonging to a newsgroup:)

This seems a less than courteous reply - or do I detect some history
here? If Martin can take the trouble to look up fulsome advice from
the professionals on how to grow potatoes for you and then point you
in the direction of the detailed advice surely that is as acceptable
to you as cutting and pasting the verbiage followed by a signature? A
newsgroup doesn't only exist to re-write or paraphrase what already
exists. Rather to help with advice - such a Martin has given.

If I have caused offence, then I apologise unreservedly. It was certainly
not meant in the way you seem to perceive it.

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"Ophelia" wrote in message
...
Gopher wrote:
In message , Ophelia
writes
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

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

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?


The RHS and Google are your friends
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...tatoespots.asp

Thanks Martin, but if I want to google for things myself, then there
is not much point in belonging to a newsgroup:)

This seems a less than courteous reply - or do I detect some history
here? If Martin can take the trouble to look up fulsome advice from
the professionals on how to grow potatoes for you and then point you
in the direction of the detailed advice surely that is as acceptable
to you as cutting and pasting the verbiage followed by a signature? A
newsgroup doesn't only exist to re-write or paraphrase what already
exists. Rather to help with advice - such a Martin has given.

If I have caused offence, then I apologise unreservedly. It was certainly
not meant in the way you seem to perceive it.

Except that, if Martin really had any usefull information, it would have
been better either to post it or email it.

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"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!




Steve

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"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.

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.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden

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In message , alan.holmes
writes

"Ophelia" wrote in message
...
Gopher wrote:
In message , Ophelia
writes
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:48:23 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:

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

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?


The RHS and Google are your friends
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...tatoespots.asp

Thanks Martin, but if I want to google for things myself, then there
is not much point in belonging to a newsgroup:)

This seems a less than courteous reply - or do I detect some history
here? If Martin can take the trouble to look up fulsome advice from
the professionals on how to grow potatoes for you and then point you
in the direction of the detailed advice surely that is as acceptable
to you as cutting and pasting the verbiage followed by a signature? A
newsgroup doesn't only exist to re-write or paraphrase what already
exists. Rather to help with advice - such a Martin has given.

If I have caused offence, then I apologise unreservedly. It was certainly
not meant in the way you seem to perceive it.

Except that, if Martin really had any usefull information, it would have
been better either to post it or email it.

Absolutely no problem Ophelia ..... my perception of things is
frequently out of sync :-))

But, Alan, I do not see how it would have been better to cut, paste and
post or E-mail a couple of pages of info rather than give the key to its
instant access. But then that's just my opinion .... and everyone is
entitled to theirs, and to express it. Ho hum.....!
--
Gopher .... I know my place!

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alan.holmes wrote:
Except that, if Martin really had any usefull information, it would
have been better either to post it or email it.

Thank you Alan but I was wrong to discount any work that Martin had put into
his response. I have spent my working life researching. It is very easy
for me to do that but I am enjoying the ideas and friendly discourse here.
It is so much nicer to talk. For example, when I asked about waiting to
plant my potatoes until the shoots had appeared, Steve was able to tell me
that :

"There is disagreement every year about whether it actually achieves
anything anyway"

I probably couldn't have found that by googling. I am able to access the
knowledge and experience of real people here.

Nevertheless, I do apologise to Martin.

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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?

Thank you Bob:)

ps Not just a question to you Bob, but are my questions terribly asinine?
Would it be preferable to the group for me to go away and do some research
first?

I did say I was a beginner, but perhaps I didn't make it clear just how much
of one:)

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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.

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Ophelia wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Except that, if Martin really had any usefull information, it would
have been better either to post it or email it.

Thank you Alan but I was wrong to discount any work that Martin had
put into his response. I have spent my working life researching. It
is very easy for me to do that but I am enjoying the ideas and
friendly discourse here. It is so much nicer to talk. For example,
when I asked about waiting to plant my potatoes until the shoots had
appeared, Steve was able to tell me that :

"There is disagreement every year about whether it actually achieves
anything anyway"

I probably couldn't have found that by googling. I am able to access
the knowledge and experience of real people here.

Nevertheless, I do apologise to Martin.

Indeed.......I ask questions here even though I know I could Google. Nothing
beats personal knowledge and experience.
--
Pete C
London UK

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Ophelia wrote:
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote
snippy
I did say I was a beginner, but perhaps I didn't make it clear just
how much of one:)
Interesting..........when does one move on from being a beginner?
Ophelia.......drop me a mail.....I have some info for you :)
--
Pete C
London UK