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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2007 18:37:54 GMT
A few weeks ago, I believe I heard on Gardener's Question Time - Topical Tips - one of the experts suggest using the roots from chitted potatoes to grow seed potatoes for next year. When I rub off the excess roots from my chitted potatoes, prior to planting them, can I plant these roots to grow my seed potatoes for next year.
Weedhatch
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 15, 2007 21:26:51 GMT
Someone told me they had heard something similar weedhatch. I think they said it was to do with growing your own seed potatoes for next year from the chits off this years seed potatoes. Apparently if you have spare chitted seed left you can cut out the chit and grow it to produce a seed potatoe. Can anyone varify this
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 16, 2007 11:03:01 GMT
In as much as you can divide potatoes into chunks, each with a 'chit' and get a crop, I'd guess the 'chit' alone might produce one...
Don't want to go off-topic and please don't ignore the original question, but this is too good an opportunity: why do we bother to chit them anyway? Farmers don't - and if the answer is to get an earlier crop, well, wouldn't planting them earlier do just as well?
OM.(ooooofeelpotatotrialcomingonsmiley)
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Post by Barbara on Mar 18, 2007 11:47:38 GMT
i want to grow spuds in a lare plastic pot,
its about 2ft deep, is it big enough, for about 6.
and how much compost in the bottom,
and how do i earth them up
any advice please.
barbara
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 18, 2007 11:53:55 GMT
i want to grow spuds in a lare plastic pot, its about 2ft deep, is it big enough, for about 6... barbara hi Barbara - Rosefriend is at this very moment going through the same exercise and has posted some pics on her 'Trials' thread in the Gallery - you can see just what to do there. My slightly tongue in cheek suggestion for an extension to the trials - a chit v non chit trial - has been taken up by her and Chuckles, and I'll be doing it too, maybe others, so there will be plenty of company in the tubspud tales... OM. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2007 19:15:27 GMT
why do we bother to chit them anyway? Farmers don't - and if the answer is to get an earlier crop, well, wouldn't planting them earlier do just as well? OM.(ooooofeelpotatotrialcomingonsmiley) If you planted them out earlier they would possibly rot whereas if you chit them in your indoors they won't. Farmers don't chit as it wouldn't be cost effective, the extra spuds they would gain wouldn't justify the time or the effort needed. |
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Post by isabella on Mar 18, 2007 19:36:04 GMT
our potatoes chitting   |
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