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Some gardeners are all for chitting. But here is the secret: you don’t need to chit to be successful. Chitting your potatoes means allowing the eyes of your potatoes to sprout before you put them in ...

If you’re thinking about growing your own potatoes this year, there’s one important skill to learn before you get started: how to chit seed potatoes. Many gardeners agree that learning how to grow ...

More potato growers should consider chitting seed before planting, SAC’s Yorkshire agronomist John Sarup said at the college’s Association of Potato Producers annual conference. “Should there be a ...

Growing cover crops on overwintered land destined for potatoes in the following improves the workability of soil, thereby increasing work rates at the busy planting period. That’s according to trials ...

GARDENING expert Monty Don has shared an "egg box" trick for chitting potatoes in February. The garden pro said the potatoes need to be kept in a "cool but frost free" place. Gardening expert, and ...

Q: I was recently in the United Kingdom visiting my mother and ran across an article in the local newspaper on a technique for growing potatoes called chitting. It triggered a memory, as I seem to ...

Another job gardeners can do indoors since the weather is too wet to get out in the garden: chit their potatoes. Put the tubers with the blunt end poking up, so the eyes are in the air. You can use ...

Give your potatoes a head start and let them grow faster by using this method that gardeners swear by. Growing potatoes is one of the easiest things you an do in your garden. It doesn't take much when ...

One of the first jobs of the veg gardening year is to start to force and chit some potatoes. Chitting means sprouting the tuber – putting it, most eyes upright, in a light, cool but frost-free place ...