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    Super Long Sprouts on seed Potatoes ... Ok to plant?

    Hiya,

    I picked up some seed potatoes today from homebase (reduced!) and have opoened them to find sprouts around 8 inches long! Can I still plant them as they are or should I cut them down to say 2 inches or so? the sprouts themselves look fairly healthy, and they don't smell at all.

    Any Thoughts?

    Thanks,
    Peek
    Last edited by Peek-A-Boo; 22-05-2009, 04:02 PM.
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    Yuo've got two choices... and I've tried both and both worked just fine !!

    1/ carefully plant as is - if a stalk gets knocked off don't worry

    or

    2/ rub the stalks off and plant


    I wouldn't cut the stalks - disease !!
    The proof of the growing is in the eating.
    Leave Rotten Fruit.
    Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
    Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
    Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.

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    • #3
      Well don't tell anyone but I was at homebase today and I picked up a few unusual spuds for 74p a packet. They have big shoots but I will carefully put them into polypots and they will grow fine.
      Potato videos here.

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      • #4
        I got some Arran Pilots cheap a few weeks ago, with similar length chits on them. I rubbed them off, gave a little time to rechit (I wanted to wait before planting anyway so they were ready to harvest later than the earlies I had already planted) and planted them in sacks on 9th May. The first shoot appeared yesterday.
        Today's mistake is tomorrow's compost...

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