planting spuds

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planting spuds
« on: April 08, 2010, 12:10 »
when planting spuds does it matter which way the chit bits are pointing? reason i ask my neighboour just chucks his in the ground any old how.

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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2010, 12:27 »
Well, I suspect that it doesn't really matter but why not take a few seconds to set them so that the chits are pointing upwards?

After all, you've probably dug/weeded/raked/fed the ground, so why then dig a hole or trench and just chuck them in any old way? It's a sort of 'pride in a job well done' thing I think.

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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2010, 12:49 »
As the chits are the foilage it would help for them to be pointing up. lol
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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2010, 12:50 »
Read my signature. ;)
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 13:46 »
does not matter, commercial farm scale automatic planters do not 'arrange' them chits up.

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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2010, 14:40 »
It's called geotropism. ;)

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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2010, 22:30 »
I would have thought phototropism. The shoots struggle upwards to reach the light. If they start off upside down they have further to go. They'd get there eventually but why make life more difficult for them.

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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2010, 22:35 »
Phototropism is probably a smidge of a useless ability when you're below the soil ;)

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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2010, 22:36 »
Geotropism is what happens underground (positive for the roots, negative for the shoots)

Phototropism is what happens to shoots above ground (they grow towards the light, especially when the light is coming from one direction as in when growing on windowsills, hence DD's advice about aluminium foil on "the dark side"  :unsure: )
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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2010, 22:38 »
Urrgghhh  - don't mention the dark side, please  -- it makes me shiver  :ohmy: :ohmy:
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« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2010, 22:40 »
Ignore the dark side and use the farce luke ... urm .. sunshine ... ack, sounds much better in a hoarse voice :(

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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2010, 22:41 »
It's geotropism as there isnt much light and it doesnt matter which way up they are planted. What do you do if the spud has 2 shoots on different sides? Just chuck em in!

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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2010, 09:30 »
Urrgghhh  - don't mention the dark side, please  -- it makes me shiver  :ohmy: :ohmy:

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Re: planting spuds
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2010, 11:06 »
So are we settled on geotropism then? :lol:

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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2010, 11:13 »
So are we settled on geotropism then? :lol:


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