Author Topic: Chitting again... sorry! (Read 2736 times)

LauraB · « **on:** January 23, 2007, 20:29:49 »

My potatoes are in the shed at the moment - frost free but cold, and dark. I intend to chit them, but indoors is a constant 23 degrees. We don't have any cool rooms. How would you chit in those circumstances? Is 23 too warm? (guessing yes)

tim · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2007, 20:32:45 »

Whatever your hopes, I say let 'em be? They'll do their own thing. You won't tell the difference. Spread out, I trust?

23C? Turn it down or you'll mature too soon!! Our average is 15C!

watkin girl · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2007, 20:35:08 »

keep them in the shed where it's cool. light or dark doesn't seem to matter.

kitten · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2007, 20:39:27 »

Quote from: LauraB on January 23, 2007, 20:29:49

indoors is a constant 23 degrees. We don't have any cool rooms.

Lucky you! ;D

Re pots: we're not planning on chitting so will be keeping ours in the garage (cold, dark, but well ventilated) until planting out time. x

LauraB · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2007, 20:41:57 »

15? Crikey. I'd never be able to lever myself out of bed :D

Maybe I'll turn it down a degree or two. ;).

They are in seed trays, one per hole, so I'll leave them be. Thanks everyone!

philcooper · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2007, 22:06:36 »

Quote from: watkin girl on January 23, 2007, 20:35:08

keep them in the shed where it's cool. light or dark doesn't seem to matter.

It does, if they sprout in the dark, the sprouts will be long thin and pale - not what you want!! :'(

Phil

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2007, 01:41:11 »

I'll second that, light is a must

tim · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:15:48 »

Sorry - meant let 'em be until they show signs of sprouting. Could be a long time. THEN give them light.

On the other hand, contrarywise, it has been shown that tubers with long white shoots cope just as well. An excuse for failure, I reckon!

Froglegs · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2007, 09:43:43 »

I don't chit mine a lot a messing around for nothing. Just put them in the ground when the time is right stand back and off they go :)

Laney · « **Reply #9 on:** January 24, 2007, 10:02:56 »

I've got the same problem, my downstairs is heated, so I have them upstairs in an unheated room, but it's still warm. They do get some light up here, at least. I have no shed/garage/porch to put them in.

tim · « **Reply #10 on:** January 24, 2007, 13:12:03 »

Yes, Froggy, but they often do their own thing way before you're ready to put them out?

mokanoo · « **Reply #11 on:** January 24, 2007, 13:44:07 »

I put mine on a windowsill downstairs at about a steady 20 degrees with good light. They chitted well to about an inch and gave me a bumper crop. In fact I'm still digging them up as I'm preparing for this season.

Froglegs · « **Reply #12 on:** January 24, 2007, 16:45:15 »

If they do they do!if they don't they don't!, what i should of said was why worry as far as I'm concerned it makes no difference, as soon as they are in the ground they grow if ya chit or not. Ive even rubbed off all the long white shoots on the reduced end of stock bag from B&Q thats sat on the self for a month ,and still got a good crop, it's how you look after them once in the ground what determines a good or bad crop.

tim · « **Reply #13 on:** January 24, 2007, 18:03:19 »

Amazing thing, Nature??

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #14 on:** January 24, 2007, 18:18:55 »

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If they do they do!if they don't they don't!, what i should of said was why worry as far as I'm concerned it makes no difference

Admirable attitude

Froglegs · « **Reply #15 on:** January 24, 2007, 19:41:51 »

Your so kind ::)

Merry Tiller · « **Reply #16 on:** January 24, 2007, 20:01:59 »

I'm serious, far too much ponsing about with stuff these days

LauraB · « **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2007, 22:34:02 »

Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen it is then. :)

I'll put them under the shed window and leave them to it. Bet they're shivering though!

tim · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:50:16 »

Someone's got to make money by writing up guide lines - like 'new' recipes?

Musn't forget though that, commercially, they use 'chitting houses'?

supersprout · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2007, 10:52:13 »

tim - that reminds me of that quote from 'The Name of the Rose', something like

There is no new knowledge, just a sublime recapitulation

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Author Topic: Chitting again... sorry! (Read 2736 times)