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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: harry on March 11, 2018, 11:14

Title: Seed potatoes
Post by: harry on March 11, 2018, 11:14

I checked my trays of  seed potatoes this morning and found some are soft and some are green are they ok  :nowink:

Title: Re: Seed potatoes
Post by: JayG on March 11, 2018, 11:21

Light does make them go a bit green, and they do get a bit softer with prolonged chitting as they lose some of their water content.

If the chits look OK, and they're slightly soft rather than mushy, they should be fine.

Title: Re: Seed potatoes
Post by: harry on March 11, 2018, 12:00

Thanks they are only slightly soft

Title: Re: Seed potatoes
Post by: JayG on March 11, 2018, 15:27

You wouldn't be in much doubt if they were rotting - there aren't many worse pongs in this world than from a rotting potato IMHO!  :ohmy: