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black cat

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New to growing potatoes
« on: February 07, 2010, 16:14:24 »
Hi
I'm new to growing potatoes. I live in Warwickshire and was wondering if now is the time to start chitting potatoes? I have a variey of earlies and maincrop. Do i start chitting them altogether? Or do i start the earlies first and wait to chit the maincrop? I'm a little unsure.
Any advice i would be grateful for.
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Duke Ellington

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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 17:01:04 »
Chit now !! ~ I chit all mine at the same time ..others might do theirs differently!

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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 17:27:32 »
Hi Black Cat... welcome to A4A...  :)
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Flighty

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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 17:47:59 »
Black cat hello and a warm welcome!
As Duke says chit them all now. Put them in egg boxes in a light, frost-free room.
Plant the earlies out in late March/early April and the maincrop ones mid-late April. The time between planting and lifting varies between 13 weeks for earlies and 22 weeks for maincrop ones.
« Last Edit: February 07, 2010, 17:51:40 by Flighty »
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 17:53:40 »
   

 What's chitting???????   qahtan
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 17:57:39 »
Qahtan it's letting shoots grow on the seed potatoes before planting!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2009/feb/05/potatoes-chitting
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 18:13:38 »

 Oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thanks.... ;-)))) qahtan
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 18:16:15 »
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What's chitting

There is another version here; http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Potato%20chitting/Potato%20chitting.htm 

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Jayb

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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 18:39:18 »
Hi Black Cat, welcome to A4A.

What varieties are you going to grow this year?
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2010, 10:01:48 »
Hi and welcome! As your q has been answered I'll just say have fun-growing spuds is ace and they taste diviiiine!  ;D
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2010, 15:38:45 »
Good luck Black cat with your spuds and welcome to A4A.      ;D ;D ;D
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Re: New to growing potatoes
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2010, 15:43:46 »
Welcome.  ;D
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