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Title: chitting potatoes
Post by: windygale on December 21, 2006, 10:38:26

hi all, i was reading a garden book and i said to chit (pregerminate - grow shoots ) our potatoes after christmas, so my questions are :
when will all you start,
how will you do this, (ie) egg boxes- seed trays, netbags etc, etc, etc
where: place them in a potting shed, greenhouse, windowsill, etc, etc,
when do you plant them after they have chitted (grow green shoots)
hope you can help
windy ;)

Title: Re: chitting potatoes
Post by: tim on December 21, 2006, 11:34:20

Start here? http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0204/chitting_potatoes.asp

And lots on the Search facility.

Title: Re: chitting potatoes
Post by: windygale on December 21, 2006, 12:26:15

thanks tim ;D

Title: Re: chitting potatoes
Post by: saddad on December 21, 2006, 13:13:51

We use eggboxes inside the fruit trays (cardboard) on top of the wardrobe in the bedroom... start mid Jan-ea Feb.
:)

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