Chitting taters

Hi all

My seed spuds have arrived and, according to the literature that came with them, I should be chitting them in a light place at around 10 degrees C for about 6 weeks. My greenhouse is currently running between 10 and 15 degrees (dependent on the weather) so would it be OK to leave them in there?

Is there any leeway with this or do any of you have a different way of doing them?

Got 1st & 2nd earlies and some maincrop.

Last years seed pots were left on a window sill for 2 weeks.

Regards

 

I'm chitting mine in a cool dark place at the mo, still 6 weeks or so before I'll even consider planting them so why rush the chitting?

I'd leave it for another 3 weeks for your earlies, maincrop seed potatoes don't need chitting!

 

I'm only chitting:

a) Potatoes for planting in bags that will be started off in coldframes and even after they come out in the open they'll have an impromptu framework around them so they can be covered up if required.

b) Maincrop potatoes that will have all the sprouts bar one rubbed out, planted in heavily fed open ground, and also have supports along the row ready for covering up, grown specifically for the 'largest potatoes' class in the village show, but also producing some cracking bakers.

The rest can wait another month or so. That late May frost last year didn't get any of my spuds.

 

Mine are sat up in the egg boxes in the conservatory and doing very nicely thankyou.

 

Thanks for the advice, much to think about.

Might give JWK's method a try, I fancy some early earlies :-)

 

This thread reminded me that I had a bucket of spuds in the caravan. Now everything has been frozen solid in there over the past month, including the now opaque bottle of olive oil, even the toothpaste froze one night.

I went down there to remove what I suspected would be a bucket of mush, sure enough, it wasn't looking good, but at the bottom were 6 well chitted tubers

Have just bought 2 arran pilot seed potatoes for bringing on in bags. Time to put on the cammoflage gear & pay a visit to the mole reserve to fill the bags with peat:WINK1:

You aint seen me, right

 

I see ya!

Sorry, my mistake, it was a mole...:WINK1: