Chitting already...

[mikon_warrior]

i bought my potatoes from my allotment shop, when they had got round to telling us they had been delivered they had got damp in storage so my 2nd earlies and my maincrop potatoes are chitting already - they have quite long shoots already. Will this be a problem?

[bluemoon]

No, just set them out in egg carton until you are ready for them, then pop them in.

[Charlie Farley]

When do maincrop potatoes and lates go in??

[syanide]

I've just got my first allotment. Get the keys on sunday actually. Can i still get the 2nd earlies in or have i missed the boat?

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[lottie dolly]

no syanide you have not, missed the boat you are in time to go with the tide,a lot of us have even got the first earlys in yet,as ground has been to wet

[syanide]

So if i go to buy my seeds for the spuds, should i ask for 1st earlies or 2nd earlies? or are they the same, but just sowed at diffdrent times?

very confused syanide!

[terrier]

Whichever you plant, they will grow. You only have to worry about either the ground being to wet or keeping them frost free. If they are chitting, keep them in the light until planting time.