Too late for earlies?

Help! I fear I have really messed up this year. Normally I love my garden, I feel it's really good therapy! If I have had a bad day, I love getting out there and attacking the weeds, or nurturing seedlings. I love the sense of achievement when everything I have grown from seed starts to flower. Along with boring the other half with " ooh look, this has got really tall." Or, "this has flowered"

This year though, things are different, he's away for the entire Summer. I didn't feel much like making the effort out there, if it wasn't going to be appreciated by anyone other than myself. Since the clocks have gone forward and the nights are pulling out, I've felt a bit more positive and decided to carry on. However, as I have left it a little late to start most things I normally would normally sow. I've decided to try and grow some Veg. This will be my first year of veg growing, so apologies for my ignorance. I've had a bit of a read up, in books, online. But, thee is nothing like getting some first hand advice.

About three or four weeks ago, I purchased some earlies, "Pentlandite Javelin" I had read up on chitting. I set some off in the kitchen. Some on a light north facing windowsill, which gets a lot of light but not direct sunlight. Then finally, accidentally, left some in a dark cupboard. I'm not sure if I have ruined them all and have missed the earlies deadline for sowing. Maybe I should start again with second earlies?
I'm looking for a bit of advice with the photos below, which should I plant, if any? I'm really not sure what I am doing at all. Some of the seed potatoes have gone a little wrinkly and prune-like. Some look a bit fury on the chits, like mould. Would I need to discard these? Is it likely none of them will amount to anything?

A = kitchen maybe too warm?
B= north facing! light! cold room! but a bit fury?
C= left in the cupboard! Whoops! No good??




If any of these are worth saving, then I'll be growing them in this....



Thanks your your help in advance, sorry for the very long winded post!

 

Hiya

Definitely not too late to plant out. I shall be planting some (although they won't be for myself) in the next week or so. The ones that have long shoots, I probably wouldn't bother with as they are prone to being damaged when planting, but if you find that you have some spare space, give 'em a go

 

What Freddy said

Just be gentle with the leggy ones, worth a shot as even if they get damaged, they'll still put on new growth

 

Excellent, thanks both. It doesn't matter that they ar a little furry in some places?

 

Hiya.

From the pic, they don't look furry?

 

That could be the root hairs

 

He he thanks Zigs... Told you I was totally clueless!

 

I'd plant them all. The ones with long shoots are not ideal, as they are likely to break off when planted, but it won't make any difference - the tuber will create new shoots if that happens, they'll just be a bit later.

If you have more than you need then plant A & B in preference to C.

If it was earlier in the year when it happened I would suggest rubbing off the long white shoots and getting them to chit again, from scratch, but chitting is only to use up the time between Buying and Planting, to gain a head-start, once it comes time to plant them then better to get one with planting, rather than spend more time chitting IMHO.

 

Yep, what Zigs said

 

Why do people use grow bags? I remember them first coming out in the 1970's England. Why not pots? Do they work better, and do they last years?

 

I've got quite a tall planter for the spuds to go in this year. Not used a grow bag myself, but I purchased the planter, as it has a nice harvesting hatch. I also have a nice big wooden trough that the OH built with some left over deck boards. I was going to put some carrots and onions in it, but I think the garden will be full of spuds now instead!

 

Sheeple find them convenient I expect