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January 24, 2010

Is it necessary to chit potatoes?

Filed under: Uncategorized, potato — Tags: , , , , , — TopVeg @ 8:49 am

It is not necessary to chit potato seed. 

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But chitting does bring an earlier crop because chitting starts the growing process

  • This is particularly important for new or early potatoes, as the growing season is short & every day counts!
  • Many people do not chit maincrop poatoes because the potatoes seem to catch up over the long season.

Chitting does act as an insurance.  If the planting season is delayed because of bad weather, or family duties, the potatoes have actually started growing so will not be quite so delayed.

Chitting is not necessary, but it does start the shoots growing on the seed potatoes, so chitting is popular with early potato growers.

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