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Title: smaller shoots on potatos
Post by: sunflower on March 21, 2004, 17:40:45

I read somewhere that it`s a good idea to rub off the smaller shoots on chitting potatos so that all the energy can go into the bigger shoots, is this true?. :-\ Don`t want to get it wrong & end up with no shoots :(

Title: Re:smaller shoots on potatos
Post by: gavin on March 21, 2004, 20:52:05

Hi sunflower - there's a bit of discussion on this in "Edible Plants / Another spud chitting question" http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19 (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=19) - and I suspect in one or other of the various potato chitting threads

Phil Cooper's post stuck in my mind as one I wanted to remember ---- not that I've ever done it (I just stick 'em in), but it was one of those "snippets to remember for the future".

All best - Gavin

Title: Re:smaller shoots on potatos
Post by: tim on March 22, 2004, 17:23:17

We're all different! I rub off any that are on the bottom  of the seed. I've never had time to compare results, like some have. =  Tim