[arnie]

Hi to all  - Is it too early to start chitting spuds? I've just bought some Charlotte, desiree,Mris Piper and Sante and the lbels are generic on them all. :blink:

[Ice]

Thare have been quite a few threads on chitting potatoes recently.  Have a look in the search facility.

[arnie]

Thans Ice - seems six weeks before planting traditionally at Easter W/end shoul be easy to remember

[DD.]

I don't hold with the Easter bit as it can vary by over a month, from March 22 to April 25.

I aim to start planting by late March. If I was still planting late April I'd consider myself way behind.

[arnie]

Ok thanks DD - Is six weeks the rule of thumb though?

[DD.]

That's what they say as a rule of thumb, but as soon as I get mine I set them up to chit as it's also a way of storing them without getting long white chits. Mine will be chitting for about 8 weeks this year, it was longer last year.

In fact have a look at this. These had been chitting for 6 months:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=41910.0

(Blight got most of them though, got a few Sarpo Mira, which are not the greatest new spuds).

[1st time veg grower]

Sorry to hijack but a quick question - I ordered some small packs of seed potatoes from a well known seed company and they arrived this week. A couple of the potatoes already have white chits that I have been reading on the recent potato threads aren't good. What do I do? Can I just cut them off and hope they develop other healthy chits or are the potatoes lost?! 

Thanks!
L.x

[DD.]

Long white chits aren't good, if these are only small I'd leave them. They'll soon green & sturdy up in the light.

[1st time veg grower]

Cool, thanks!
L.x