[Tom Hill]

I used to cut mine in pieces and dust with flowers of sulphur to prevent rotting.

[madcat]

I'm going to be a few potatoes short to finish my rows and was looking speculatively at some of the big seed potatoes.  Where do you get flowers of sulphur - and is there anything else that i might have in the shed that would do the same job?

[DD.]

Going back years, I used to get mine from the local chemist. I used it to dust over where I'd taken cactus cuttings.

I think these days chemists stock less chemicals, but it quite cheap from Amazon or eBay.

If you do cut them up, make sure there are chits on both halves. A vertical cut is good, this divides up the chits on the "rose" end of the spud.

[Grubbypaws]

Ok so what is a temperature NOT to exceed when chitting?

[Sparkyrog]

Dip the cut edge in wood ash helps to seal it 

[Gandan57]

These are my seed spuds that have been chitting in a south facing bedroom for a month. This is where I chit them every year. 

 

The chits of different varieties vary in length. Red Duke of York (centre) are the most advanced, followed by Kestrel (top left) and Charlotte (bottom left).

Lady Christl (bottom right) and Romano (top right) have hardly moved at all.

[homegrown]

Iv got nearly an inch on 3 homeguard earlies been chitting few weeks lol
Well ahead of the rest
Might plant sum out in early march

[JayG]

Ok so what is a temperature NOT to exceed when chitting?

Just put them in the coolest place you can find that gets some daylight - if they are too warm they may shrivel a bit more than they otherwise would but they'll still be OK - it's frost and no light which are the two no-no's.

Mine are on the windowsill in my bedroom, which probably averages around 16C at this time of year - a bit too warm for chitting really but they're fine and always have been in previous years too, and I ain't gonna freeze to death even for Lady Christl herself!!) 

[BLOOMING LOVELY]

Sounds as though my bedroom is ideal for my few Roosters that I am Chittagong. Thank you

[Grubbypaws]

Thanks JayG.

I have turned the heating off in the kitchen and they are on a north facing window sill.  OH complained a bit when he could see his breath over breakfast but hey he wont complain when he is tasting his first LadyC!!

I put a max min thermometer next to them and it reads 4C-14C.  14C was probably when the tumble dryer was on; is 4C too cold?

[DD.]

As long as it doesn't read minus something, you're OK!

[Gandan57]

Thanks JayG.

I have turned the heating off in the kitchen and they are on a north facing window sill.  OH complained a bit when he could see his breath over breakfast but hey he wont complain when he is tasting his first LadyC!!

I put a max min thermometer next to them and it reads 4C-14C.  14C was probably when the tumble dryer was on; is 4C too cold?

   

4C in the kitchen??? There`s no need to leave the back door open just to accomodate the spuds!

Those temperatures in the kitchen would be a certain reason for divorce in our house.

[Grubbypaws]

4C was overnight on the unheated windowsill. I was just about to reply to DD if the thermometer read minus something it wouldn’t just be the potatoes that wouldn’t survive 

[borderowl]

I'm finding this chitting advice very confusing! Everybody seems to say different! I've been told to keep them in a dark airing cupboard, greenhouse under cover, north facing window, south facing window? I think I'll just throw them in the garden and let them do their own thing!

[DD.]

Dark airing cupboard?