Chitting Mixup

Hi All,

I'm growing two spud varieties this year, Pentland Javelin and Pentland crown. They are chitting away in two trays on a sofa in the unheated conservatory and are going nicely. When I looked on them yesterday, both labels were next to each other by one of the trays and now I don't know which is which.

The chits are different on the two varieties, so anyone who's also chitting these two might be able to tell me which is which.

Many thanks,

Simon

Potato Council data base will give all the characteristics of each variety including what colour the chits are and tuber shape

http://varieties.potato.org.uk/oops.php?number=256&name=<br><b>Filename:</b>%20/menu.php<br><b>Query:</b>%20SELECT%20iso3,max(concat(date,'%20',time))%20as%20'timestamp'%20FROM%20visit

It says there is something wrong with the site but it appears to be working if you click on indexes and then variety.

Probably not a lot of use as I'm just doing PJ. Mine have been chitting since mid January, but the chits are only about 1/2" long. They are purple at the base and mid green at the tips.

Hi DD,

One of mine looks like that, with the others having almost solid purple chits. Hopefully someone doing Pentland crown can confirm.

I managed to mix up all my tomato plants 3 types when I repotted them, so you can join my gang 

Bearing in mind that all potatoes (first, second early and maincrop) can be planted at the same time, as long as you keep them separate - and I expect you would   - don't worry if you can't tell the difference right now.

You will when they grow and flower as PC should flower first 

The only trouble is I was planning on planting the earlies successionallu at home and the maincrops at the allotment.

Hi All,  l mark my seed potatoes with a felt pen as soon as they are out of the bag with a cross or a dot, this enables you to identify them just incase of a mix up or upset.
EG.

Pentland Javelin  X

Pentland Crown *

Silky 

What a good idea - I knocked over a few trays of mine last year and it was a complete lottery - had to keep furtling around until they felt big enough as I didn't have a clue which was which