Rose end

themoog · « **on:** February 15, 2009, 11:41 »

First year of chitting potatoes (they've kept beautifully in the fridge, thanks for the tip Aunt Sally

) and they're on the window-sill in an unheated bedroom ready to go.

Erm - which end is the rose end? On some of them (Arran Pilot) both ends look the same

and the description the books of 'the one with more eyes on' isn't helpful in the least as, again, I can't tell one from t'other.

Does it really matter

?

Salmo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2009, 13:05 »

I am sure all will be revealed when the chits start to grow. Any you find with chits underneath you can turn over. On the bottom end of every potato is the place where the potato was attached to the mother plant. It is not always obvious. The "eyebrows" of every eye are below each chit.

woodburner · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2009, 13:34 »

/me disappears to go and examine her Arran Pilot seed tats.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2009, 13:39 »

It is the opposite end to the one that was joined to the parent plant. So if you can see where it was broken away from the old root you've sussed it

themoog · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2009, 18:53 »

Ahhh, all becomes clear

!

I knew that I could rely on some sensible advice here, thanks

.

galen · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2009, 23:00 »

I've got a lot to learn about the humble potato ! Been following all threads on chitting over the past couple of months and when it got down to it (today) had great difficulty in identifying which end was which on half of them

Have to follow Salmo's advice and turn over the wrong ones. I do wish they had "eyebrows" like mine, I couldn't miss them then

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