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Title: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: adrianhumph on March 15, 2005, 11:59:40
 Hi all, :D
              some of my pentland javelin first earlies are quite soft & wrinkled  :o no tittering at the back ::)  they seem to have chitted ok , but will they GROW  ??? it seems that it is mostly the small ones that are like this, any ideas at all ???

                                                   Adrian.
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 15, 2005, 12:32:11
They will be fine.
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: kenkew on March 15, 2005, 16:32:57
If EJ say's they'll be OK...they wouldn't dare be anything else. (Mine are the same, what's wrong with soft and wrinkly anyway?)
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 15, 2005, 17:26:32
what happens to chaps of a certain age huh.......... ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: tim on March 15, 2005, 17:42:33
Why is it that some years they do that & others - like this year - they're all fine.

As said, they'll grow!   At 6'4" ,I trust that I won't, wrinkles or no. We haven't a sound beam left in the house!
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: johcharly on March 15, 2005, 18:07:20
mine are soft and wrinkly and they don't seem to be growing very much.... oops  :-[ that sounds even worse!
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: kenkew on March 15, 2005, 19:45:47
Nothing wrong with wrinkly....In fact even tho' I have a few mesmerising ones I can still hold my own; Like today, had a game of badmington against two ladies, I've only played 3 times to date, these two must have been playing for years, no, honest....I beat 'em easily. I know they have lots of experience, one was 85 and the other was 89....Uh! I still beat 'em!!
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: chrispea27 on March 16, 2005, 07:02:39
Good luck to KenKew holding his own??????
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: fred on March 16, 2005, 21:00:15
Mine are also wrinkled but the sprouts are still less than 1cm

I read that they should grow to an inch is this correct

:-  May I also point out that I do not confuse an inch and a centimeter outside the bedroom
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: kenkew on March 16, 2005, 21:29:20
I'm told bigger is better bur I'm not convinced. It's what you do with 'em, eh?
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 16, 2005, 22:35:35
You can always spray your wrinklies with water to try and plump them up.  ;D
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: Merry Tiller on March 16, 2005, 23:04:30
You really shouldn't get stressed about this kind of thing, wrinkled or smooth, 1cm or 1 inch, just go with it, chill
Title: Re: seed potatoes soft & wrinkled
Post by: philcooper on March 18, 2005, 14:52:57
EJ's right about spraying to plump them up, if you add a bit of seaweed extract to the water they'll do even better

Phil