[Welsh Merf]

I am planning on planting two varieties of maincrop spuds this year: Pink Fir Apples and Maris Piper.

The ground is ready for them; however, they're taking their sweet time to chit! They are chitting but very slowly for some reason, and they're chitting in the same place and position as last year.

How important is it to get them chitting properly before planting? Time is getting on, etc!

[grinling]

you don't need to chit

[Welsh Merf]

Grinling . . . simple, straight-forward answer. We like that! Ta dude!

[DD.]

They're chitting slowly, so you've broken the dormancy and that's the main aim!

[Aunt Sally]

you don't need to chit

Seconded !

[gavinjconway]

Plant them now - maincrop just take longer than an early so get them in soon. 

[Welsh Merf]

Decision made - maincrops getting planted this Friday. Woo hoo!

[Goosegirl]

I stopped chitting mine the other year and I got a good crop but just a bit later.

[dmg]

When I got my pots -pent javelin , charlotte and Maris Piper. I began chitting all them  at the same time, when planting time came I put them all in at the same time with the same size chits on them all and the charlottes have still to show- that was about 3weeks ago and the maris is the same size a s the p javelin, a good few inches

Dmg