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Because I didn't realise just how many spuds I'd have left over I wondered if I can store my chitted spuds and plant them over summer or even about October?
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If you want them as earlies, yes.Sent from my pc cos I don't have an i-phone. -
Herby, the top growth on potatoes is not frost hardy. If the top growth gets cut down by frost your potatoes have had it.
To work out the latest you can plant you need to know
what variety of potatoes you have and how many growing weeks they need
The earliest dart you can expext frost
Then count back from your frost date by the number of weeks your potatoes need and that will give you your latest planting date - but it definitely isn't October.
As a rough guide
earlies need 10 weeks
second earlies 13 weeks
maincrop 22 weeks
Hope you can work it out from there.
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If you have a frost-proof place (some unheated greenhouses are suitable) you can plant early spuds in September to have new potatoes for Christmas. Those who describe doing so tend to recommend planting in tubs.Originally posted by Alice View Post
I doubt chitted seed would last more than a few weeks, but best option for trying would beto keep them at refrigerator temps. That might keep them dormant without killing them, but it mustn't freeze, and they mustn't grow, or dry out much... A bit of a tall order.Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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I came across some Arran Pilot seed pots at the weekend discounted to about 10p each, so I decided to give them a go, although my plot space is taken up with Lady Christl, with plantings staggered over a month.
Like you, I don't need them till after the ones I have already planted have been used up, so I'm gambling they will keep for a while and will then plant them in bags. The chits were about six inches long so I've rubbed these off, and am re-chitting them now to start from scratch, though this is largely guesswork as I've only grown spuds once before.Today's mistake is tomorrow's compost...Comment
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