Potatoes chitting too fast?

Plot18 · « **on:** February 27, 2011, 16:45 »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2011, 16:50 »

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. · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2011, 16:55 »

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 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2011, 00:22 »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2011, 16:32 »

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. · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2011, 16:37 »

Where do you have them?

fletcherbaker · « **Reply #6 on:** February 28, 2011, 16:55 »

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. · « **Reply #7 on:** February 28, 2011, 17:04 »

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 28, 2011, 17:07 »

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

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Potatoes chitting too fast?

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