Topic: crazed seed potatoes!

[undercarriage plan]

I am in definite need of advice, and lots of it! I ordered some seed potatoes for this season which arrived in late January. I put them in a a dry cool place til I needed to chit them, which I thought I'd attempt this weekend.  However, when I opened the box, I discovered chitting wasn't going to be a problem as they had shoots, about 6-8 inches long!! What now? Do I have to bin them and start again? :o  Remove excess growth? ??? Or resort to hiding in potting shed with large bottle of wine ;D  Any advice gratefully received, and definitely needed.

[Mrs Ava]

They will be as fragile as hell, but perfectly plantable I believe.  I think your biggest problem will be knocking those long shoots off when planting them, so you are going to have to take care.  I unpack mine as soon as I receive them and leave them in a cool dark place and they very slowely do the business.  I am looking at king edwards as we speak and the chits are only about 3cm long.

[undercarriage plan]

Thanks for reply, will knock off really delicately, if you know what I mean. Quite hard being a newbie on this site! Does anyone ever visit the chat room? do you give out your e mail address? Advice on how to navigate here would also be great. Becoming more interested into how to do this than crazed seed potatoes!

[Mrs Ava]

Some people have their email addy on their profiles.  And you can send people 'pm's', (private messages) which are like emails really.

I used to go in the chat room a lot, and I believe others do, but earlier in the evenings.  I don't get online until after 10pm (blame the kids - they get the blame for everything, poor little buggers) and do always check, but the room is almost always empty.  Maybe we should do something about that??

[undercarriage plan]

Thanks for reply, just come from chat room, had great time! Known as lottie, not undercarriage plan, mistake on profile don't know how to correct!! Thanks for help. ;D

[tim]

Just go to 'Profile' at the top of the page - go to 'Modify Profile' 'Profile Information' - do your thing - 'Change Profile'.  ??

I'm always available - for what that might be worth!!

[TULIP-23]

Tim  :)

Your worth your wieght in Gold.......
keep giving us those Pearls of Wisdom.... its always a   great help ;)

[undercarriage plan]

Seems like I'm doomed to be undercarriage plan (?) ::)  Thanks for offer, Tim, bit difficult though, don't you think?!