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Where do people leave the potatoes during this process and how long does it take? I'm going to attempt growing them for the first time this year
Thanks!
From late January/ February, ‘chit’ your seed potatoes by setting them out in seed trays, shallow boxes or empty egg cartons in a cool, bright, frost free position (10C/ 50F) to allow them to sprout. You will notice that the immature 'chits' are all at one end (called the rose end). Place the rose end upwards. Sturdy 'chits' will form and should attain up to 25mm (1") in length.
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Where do people leave the potatoes during this process and how long does it take?
Mine are in the conservatory. Temperature there doesn't fall to 0C (and if it did the frost-stat would bring the heating on). They stay there until I am ready to plant them (if I put them somewhere dark they will grow white, weak, brittle shoots that will break off when I plant them, so I keep them in good light. Important they are not too warm otherwise they will try to grow rapidly and waste energy trying (given that they aren't in the soil )
Here's a video from Allotment Diary that explains the process. Egg boxes are fine, if you have enough lying around, but he uses seed tray modules which i think are a good choice - once you run out of egg boxes! as I have loads of module trays lying around.
Got my Leek, Onion, Tomato and Carrot seed all in right now.
I currently have some Broccoli in my garden which I grew last year and I'm waiting for it to come into flower so I can harvest it, it's obviously an over wintering variety but was just wondering when it usually flowers? The reason I ask is because where it is in my garden is where I want to plant my potatoes this year but obviously I wont be able to do so whilst the Broccoli is still there. This also leads me to ask when the best time to chit the potatoes would be as I don't want to do them too early or too late.
I've modified the February list (sorry, a bit late, retrospectively) to move some items into a separate group headed "Kristen thinks it is to early to sow these"
and I've added a new post for the March Sowing List. I've split this into:
Sow now (including things that were in earlier Months but which I think were too early then ... March is THE main sowing time for many things.
A "Continue to Sow" section, split into "Last Chance" for things that must be sown this month, if not already done, and a "Continue to sow" where sowing can start over a number of months and there is still time. And finally a "Successional sow" for things that could be sown earlier and a successional sowing is advised - like Radishes.
I'm hoping that these new sections will be appropriate for future months, but if folk have smarter ideas I'll go back and change the earlier posts retrosepctively.
Hat's off to you fella, much more comprehensive than I would have done.............
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----------------------------------------------------------- KOYS - King Of Yellow Stickers..............
Nice one, very thorough. In the March list, maybe you could add "(under glass)" or "(indoors)" to Cucumber, Tomato, Melon? I know it's obvious but a newcomer might be confused.
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Yeah, sorry about that. I've made a few false starts ... but I figure folk will want to be using this 4-day weekend to get a wiggle on, so I'll see what I can do
Yeah, sorry about that. I've made a few false starts ... but I figure folk will want to be using this 4-day weekend to get a wiggle on, so I'll see what I can do
C'mon Kristen - can you please drop all of your work and family commitments, don't even consider having time off during this holiday period and update monthly seed sowing list !!!
Some of us can't wait to get started.
.......because you're thinking of putting the kettle on and making a pot of tea perhaps, you old weirdo. (Veggie Chicken - 25/01/18)
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