[Plot18]

Hi all, Bought some seed potatoes from the excellent Hulme Potato Day last week, put them in trays and in a North facing, unheated bedroom. They started sprouting midweek, the problem now is that I'm off to watch the cricket for 3 weeks, and I'm worried I'll return to some sort of potato forest.  Should I do anything different, or just leave them to it?

thanks,

Andy

[Yorkie]

They're going to chit whatever you do with them.  As long as the room is frost-free, I'd just make sure they are in decent light and leave them to it.

[DD.]

You may be OK, be to be on the safe side I'd be chitting them in something where they can "breath" better than plastic modules - egg boxes or even an open seed tray from example.

[Plot18]

Thanks for that, I'll leave them be.  The trays seem ok, plenty of air around the pots, though I'll start saving my egg boxes up for this time next year!

[fletcherbaker]

Sorry to jump on the thread but can you over chit your potatoes mine seem to be chitting fast and are going slightly soft!!

[DD.]

Where do you have them?

[fletcherbaker]

There on the window sill its frost free and nice and light they have strong chits on them but worried as there going a little soft!!!

[DD.]

You should have seen the wizzened ones I planted in June a couple of years back - still grew!

Try misting them every now and then with a fine spray. Not too long before they go in now.

[JayG]

As long as frost-free doesn't mean centrally-heated hot they'll be fine (you're going to plant them, not eat them!)