New to growing potatoes

[black cat]

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.

[black cat]

[Duke Ellington]

Chit now !! ~ I chit all mine at the same time ..others might do theirs differently!

:):)

[saddad]

Hi Black Cat... welcome to A4A...  :)

[Flighty]

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.

[qahtan]

   

What's chitting???????   qahtan

[Flighty]

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

[qahtan]

Oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thanks.... ;-)))) qahtan

[Tee Gee]

What's chitting

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

Click on pictures to enlarge!

[Jayb]

Hi Black Cat, welcome to A4A.

What varieties are you going to grow this year?

[emmy1978]

Hi and welcome! As your q has been answered I'll just say have fun-growing spuds is ace and they taste diviiiine!  ;D

[cornykev]

Good luck Black cat with your spuds and welcome to A4A.      ;D ;D ;D

[Mortality]

Welcome.  ;D