Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: robinahood on February 13, 2019, 18:34
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I bought my Red Duke of York seed spuds a couple of weeks back, I put them straight in a potato sack in the cellar until today, when I got them out to start the chitting process. They have some longish shoots, the longest a couple of inches. Will they be ok in my frost free light place now, do you think? I have only grown spuds once before so it's a learning curve!
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I'd break the longest ones off, don't worry they'll make new ones :)
They would probably have been better put to chit as soon as you bought them I always do with mine.
Kept cool and light the chits do grow quite slowly.
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The pots need to be in the light because the long shoots need the light to grow as they should. I find egg boxes very useful to put the pots in so you can place them on a windowsill or wherever.
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I tend to agree with Mum and robinahood start from the beginning take all the spindly shoots of and set them up in a light frost free place they will soon start to shoot and I always like good strong shoots on my spuds before planting
although I put my seed potatoes in plastic chitting trays as said egg boxes are perfect so get cracking knock those shots of and set them up to chit there still plenty of time to get those potatoes chitting well before planting :D
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Another newbie here.
We have just moved to a property with a poly tunnel - will it be ok to place the seed potatoes on the floor of the poly-tunnel to chit?
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Should be ok as long as you cover with something if a frost is forecast - fleece, bubblewrap, old blanket newspaper - anything really to keep them a bit warmer. Frost obviously can't lay inside the tunnel - but the temperature will equalise with the outside on a cold night.