It's a cold day in late January in northern Utah and I have gardening fever. Stored some potatoes in the bottom drawer of our fridge. Chitting them now !
Great video Luke! My dad after chitting his seed potatoes would always dredge the exposed cut surfaces in burned wood fireplace ashes to help dry the cut surfaces and provide some trace elements. Never a bad crop and we enjoyed home grown potatoes into the next spring. Thanks for the tutorial :)
T. Steffes T. Steffes your comment was made one week ago. How do you know they have rotted? They will decompose but as long as sprouts are made it should be fine. Optimally it’s best to let the wound heal over completely by keeping air circulating around them for a week or more until they “scab” over.
Good work, Luke! I save my potatoes for seed each year myself. I usually get enough that are about golf ball size to goose egg size that I store for seed. Has work very well for me. Didn't get potatoes in this year due to a few unforeseen difficulties.May still try a few in containers.
Hi Luke, great tip like always :) I never bother to cut my potatoes coz I always have to many. So I just plant then whole under the ancient hedge that surrounds the garden (south facing of course). I do set them out on my favourite afternoon tea table to chit (develop sprouts) as far back as January. I am always glad when I can move them out and have my corner back. Scarlett
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Thank you Scarlett! I appreciate the kind words :) Here in the US, Potato sets are so expensive, cutting them will give you way more yield for less money.
We always chit our potatos , my grandparents and my father has done it and still do , I remember doing it when I was little and then harvest time was so great we had one huge potato bin in my grandmothers old cellar that we would all share among our families .
Great tips. I've been gardening for a long time, and potatoes are one of the things that I always feel I need to learn more about in order to do better. Thanks for the tips. Now, I should get off the computer and start chitting: I've got 110lbs of seed potatoes waiting for me.
@@2010ymg I hope so. I'm keeping my potatoes on the kitchen counter. I stood them up in the bottom of a cardboard egg carton & they are really sprouting. My raised potato bed should be finished by tomorrow. I made a 6' x 4' bed w/ scraps of wood that I had in the garage. I hope it doesn't fall apart. lol
great tips as always Luke. I have two 5 gallon buckets started already, and plan to start a couple more when I get back from vacation. 1st timer so hoping for success :)
If you have a single potato with a single point of strong sprouting and you don't need to cut it, do you still need to leave it out to cure/dry at all before planting or can you plant that whole potato directly in the soil?
hopespringseternal70 Glad you enjoyed it! I am a person that learns form mistakes and past experiences, and trust me... letting them dry really really helps.
I'd like to know how do you get your potatoes up to that point and ready for chatting with eyes on them ?? That's the part I'm stuck at , first time potatoe grower here . I've gotten pound of sweet potatoes in a bucket outside right now but now sure about the red potatoes . My sweet potatoes were started from plants so it has been different than trying the red potatoes and in a totally different way of growing too . If anyone could please help me out with some friendly advice I'd appreciate it greatly . Thanks for the help . 😁🤝🏼👍🥔🧅🥕🧄🥦🍍
Love you show '''big question''''for me. Just got my seed potatoes 'some have realy long tubers ' growing out of the bag' kinda bottum of the barrel i guess'' what should i do just cut them off or what ...thanks for your time ..have a blessed day..
Noob question....So you saved potatoes from the previous year but how and when do you get them to start growing for the season? Did you just store them in cool dark place then take them out into light/warmth in early spring?
Hi MIGardener - this might be a good year to talk about how to grow from grocery store potatoes...due to our, ummm...current crisis, seed companies are completely sold out of seed potatoes, and grocery store organics seem to be hard to find as well. Any tips here?
@@MiniSage I've done that for three years now...just expect that not ALL of them will sprout. If they are already sprouting before you plant them, they should be good to go in my experience.
Hey! I’m not sure if I missed it, it how long should it be between chitting my potatoes and having it heal to when I can plant it in the ground? I’ve never grown potatoes before, your videos are super helpful!
Help! I just harvested my potatoes. I had a bunch of tiny ones, the season is still young. Can I plant the tiny potatoes fron this harvest, for a second, late summer harvest? Do I have to store them in the refrigerator first? I could not find a RUclips video on this aspect of potato growing.
Great video Luke. Love my potatoes and next time I get seed potatoes I will give the chitting a go. I have always planted seed potatoes whole due to the fact that they have more energy but with some extra soil amendment they should do well I think.
I work at a veggie farm and he has a rule of thumb ten peaces is one pound and he has a huge harvest I don't know if that will help any one but thought I would sat something
I want to grow a purple potato that I bought at the store. So far, it hasn't sprouted, perhaps due to herbicides. Can I hurry it up by suspending it partially in water? I remember doing that in school way back in the olden days, when cars had tail fins, Ike was in the White House, and kids could walk to school.
Getting my potatoes ready for a second year in a row! Last year I was a novice, and now I'm a potato veteran! Just had to brush up on the chitting procedure, so thanks for your help! Hope you're doing well, Luke!
I keep finding potato plants growing in my worm bin from the peels. It doesn't seem to matter if there are or aren't eyes on the peels. After planting them in buckets they do grow into healthy potato plants.
***** I doubt I'll be doing much this year, don't really have the space or the time. But potatoes are definitely one of the things I really want to try soon :-)
I had my seed potatoes sitting out side in egg crates. And there just starting to chit. Than it rained, and they got soaked. They were in the rain. for 2 hours before I figured out I left them outside. Will they be ok, or will they try to start making roots. Any help would be great. I'm a first year potatoe gardener.
I grew three types of potato last year and it turned out pretty good. However, I randomly dropped my seed potato in the ground, not paying attention to which direction they landed in the holes. Does direction matter where the "eyes" are concerned? Might I have gotten better results if all the "eyes" where up or down?
I'm using this because I need it for my school project. I dunno why, but me and my group are doing a potato farmer presentation LOL But wth ever. Thnx. ima use this
I pre-started some potatoes from potatoes I bought that sat in My cubboard and sprouted there now as I replanted them the original potato chitt fell of one of My plants they have nice roots though so Ive planted them anyway cutting the potato in small pieces and planted them close to the roots hoping the roots can still make use of the starch and Some of the chitts that has been growing lots of shoots I splitted further so I have gotten 22 plants from 6- 10 potatoes (I forgot I know that I have two kinds of potato though one I only had Two original potatoes like 5-6 of one kind and two of the other kind that Ive chitted to be 5 plants) which have shoots that are 3-4 inches and every plant has at least 2-3 shoots and Im gonna let them be like that, some I waited to chit and left in the cubboard and now Ive bought new potatoes to eat and they have started to sprout I dont even know what to do with them. I live alone so I usually buy only a few potatoes at a time. Luckily Im part of a group growing plants and friendship so I can share My potatoes with them. Ive never tried pre-growing potatoes as you dont actually need to do that but this spring Ive Said to myself I would like to try and as the spring had been more then a month delayed l basicly planted them when I normaly do outside but indoors but they grew quite fast indoors so now they had to be replantedso that the roots would have more room.
I am a beginning gardener and have never grown potatoes so this might be a stupid question....Can you use store bought potatoes that have not been used and have sprouted or do you need to buy seed potatoes?
its important to start out with good seed potatoes. I Bought some and when I cut them they had brown in the middle. So I knew they would produce more of the same.
yes.. once they grow a little sprout than you can either put the whole potato and plant it OR you can cut pieces like he did and plant them... if you cut pieces, each piece will make a plant ,so will get more plants that way.
Yeah, it is. We called this "Chitt'n and Split'n" when I was a kid. Two separate things. We chit (sprouted) for a few weeks then split them a few days before we planted.
JC Hi! I am no expert, but last year the German Heirloom variety that I ordered from a gardening center came moldy. I wasn't happy but I planted them anyway and they did fine.
I'm pretty sure it's "indeterminate," but if you're going to plant in a container, a deep one, you will have to plant indeterminate. Otherwise you will just get potatoes from the first green point/ layer, down. Where you started the seed potato will be the green point...
Yes, you can plant them before they sprout, but why would you? You want to see the sprouts on your seed potatoes before planting so you can tell which ones are best -- biggest, most viable sprouts and decide whether to cut that potato down the middle to make two, or just use the one. If you have one or two good sprouts, and the potato is big enough, cut them -- you'll get more plants. When you divide them, dip the wet / cut side either in wood ash (like wood stove or fireplace ash) or horticultural sulphur and let it dry a couple days so it 'seals' (gets kind of leathery) before planting -- otherwise that wet side can rot and ruin the plant. You should have at least one big, healthy (like 1/2" or longer) sprout on each segment. If you're in more of a hurry or aren't sure, just plant the whole thing -- sprouts facing up.
@@jrocks1971 ok. Ty! Ive never planted potatoes and was just wobdering because I'm short on space be c ause of all my seedlings... but that makes sense
What do you do when you forgot about your potatoes that had little eye sprouts, put them in a box under the stairs and now they have 6-10 inch growth with no leaves?? Asking cuz I just found this in my box!😂
This didn't answer the MAIN QUESTION most people have about sprouting potatoes: WHICH END IS UP? We all know to cut up eyes and dry them out a bit. But all that Medusa snakey white stuff looks like ROOTS and people tend to plant them upside down if they don't see leaves. And they don't know those side bumps MAKE POTATOES as the stem grows even longer searching for sunlight. Which goes to the next question: HOW DO I GET POTATOES? because when people plant them upside down, or even right side up under the dirt, they only get so many potatoes when they're too shallow. Deep means they creep up to the sun and put out more leaves at the tips while pushing potatoes out the sides. Your average joe doesn't know that's how they grow and none of these videos (yours or anyone) is talking about how to get a chit to actually grow potatoes and not just leaves. ;)
Thanks for the informative video but as a professional chef, watching you drag that knife on the metal table was akin to scratching fingernails on a chalk board. Arrrrrgh!
Well that was just what I needed, this is my first try at potatoes. That was pretty chitty, thank you.
Holy chit! An informative video that i really could of looked for before making a fool of myself over on my channel 😂 thanks for the upload
It's a cold day in late January in northern Utah and I have gardening fever. Stored some potatoes in the bottom drawer of our fridge. Chitting them now !
Yes! A Michigan gardening channel! Right on Man!!! Very helpful. Thank you!
You answered the questions I was looking for on the 1st video I tried! Thanks.
just wanted to say never seen this step . always cut then planted right away and all plants have always came up. thanks for the video
Great video Luke! My dad after chitting his seed potatoes would always dredge the exposed cut surfaces in burned wood fireplace ashes to help dry the cut surfaces and provide some trace elements. Never a bad crop and we enjoyed home grown potatoes into the next spring. Thanks for the tutorial :)
Remington700BDL1 Great idea! The potatoes have awesome flavor, so I am hoping for a bumper crop.
How long after you put ash on them did you leave them to dry ? I would like to try your method. Thanks !
T. Steffes a few days or more is usually enough.
@@randygreen007 I used your method and my potatoes rotted and I had to start over.
T. Steffes T. Steffes your comment was made one week ago. How do you know they have rotted? They will decompose but as long as sprouts are made it should be fine. Optimally it’s best to let the wound heal over completely by keeping air circulating around them for a week or more until they “scab” over.
Good work, Luke! I save my potatoes for seed each year myself. I usually get enough that are about golf ball size to goose egg size that I store for seed. Has work very well for me. Didn't get potatoes in this year due to a few unforeseen difficulties.May still try a few in containers.
oh boy, chitting potatoes this week and it won't be long before you're taking pea breaks!😂 thanks for the vids!
Hi Luke, great tip like always :) I never bother to cut my potatoes coz I always have to many. So I just plant then whole under the ancient hedge that surrounds the garden (south facing of course). I do set them out on my favourite afternoon tea table to chit (develop sprouts) as far back as January. I am always glad when I can move them out and have my corner back.
Scarlett
Ps. Great video pic
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Thank you Scarlett! I appreciate the kind words :) Here in the US, Potato sets are so expensive, cutting them will give you way more yield for less money.
We always chit our potatos , my grandparents and my father has done it and still do , I remember doing it when I was little and then harvest time was so great we had one huge potato bin in my grandmothers old cellar that we would all share among our families .
Great tips. I've been gardening for a long time, and potatoes are one of the things that I always feel I need to learn more about in order to do better.
Thanks for the tips.
Now, I should get off the computer and start chitting: I've got 110lbs of seed potatoes waiting for me.
Terry McGinn WOWZA! 110 pounds?!?! I will have a complete potato growing guide up soon. That should give you a little more help.
Great video on chitting potatoes Luke. I'm glad you're starting your growing season after the wild winter. Kim
***** oh boy.... that winter was brutal.
Doing potatoes for the first time here in Northeast Georgia. Already have plants coming up! Can't wait to have red potatoes this summer!
One Woman & Two Acres woooo! So exciting! make sure to let us know how they do!
Why, sure!
Great video and you are very helpful for me.
Thank you for explaining this in detail. Where do I keep the potatoes until ready to be planted?
Lilian Kuhn I have the same question. Shade? Sun? How to determine when they’re ready to be planted? I hope he’ll get back to this question.
@@2010ymg I hope so. I'm keeping my potatoes on the kitchen counter. I stood them up in the bottom of a cardboard egg carton & they are really sprouting. My raised potato bed should be finished by tomorrow. I made a 6' x 4' bed w/ scraps of wood that I had in the garage. I hope it doesn't fall apart. lol
great tips as always Luke. I have two 5 gallon buckets started already, and plan to start a couple more when I get back from vacation. 1st timer so hoping for success :)
ChicagoCFH Lets hope for success! :D you should be fine!
I planted one whole grocery store russet potato last November it is now a rather large plant at 2 1/2 feet tall and growing
Wow!
If you have a single potato with a single point of strong sprouting and you don't need to cut it, do you still need to leave it out to cure/dry at all before planting or can you plant that whole potato directly in the soil?
Thank you. I have learned a lot.
very educative videos. Thanks for sharing
thank you! i was just wondering about the best way to do this. never knew about letting the potatoes dry out. makes sense. :)
hopespringseternal70 Glad you enjoyed it! I am a person that learns form mistakes and past experiences, and trust me... letting them dry really really helps.
Ordered “seed” potatoes through Amazon. Package was leaking rotten potatoes. Stank to high heaven. Yuk! Ima try this instead.
Gonna plant some Yukon golds rn after watching this. Had some left over with huge eyes on them.
Thanks for a great tutorial & especially the narration. We learn more when you take the time to explain the what, why & when you're doing what you do.
I'd like to know how do you get your potatoes up to that point and ready for chatting with eyes on them ?? That's the part I'm stuck at , first time potatoe grower here . I've gotten pound of sweet potatoes in a bucket outside right now but now sure about the red potatoes . My sweet potatoes were started from plants so it has been different than trying the red potatoes and in a totally different way of growing too . If anyone could please help me out with some friendly advice I'd appreciate it greatly . Thanks for the help . 😁🤝🏼👍🥔🧅🥕🧄🥦🍍
Great information. Thank you.
If you have some seed potatoes, that have eyes but nothing can you stick them in the dirt, and will they possibly give you any potatoes?
MIgardener... I'm trying my luck at sq. ft. gardening (terrible ground). I'm trying potatoes in a 5 gal bucket... Have you tried this before?
Love you show '''big question''''for me. Just got my seed potatoes 'some have realy long tubers ' growing out of the bag' kinda bottum of the barrel i guess'' what should i do just cut them off or what ...thanks for your time ..have a blessed day..
Noob question....So you saved potatoes from the previous year but how and when do you get them to start growing for the season? Did you just store them in cool dark place then take them out into light/warmth in early spring?
Hi MIGardener - this might be a good year to talk about how to grow from grocery store potatoes...due to our, ummm...current crisis, seed companies are completely sold out of seed potatoes, and grocery store organics seem to be hard to find as well. Any tips here?
Hi, novice here. I'm using grocery store potatoes as well, and they seem to be sprouting just like seed potatoes. I guess plant them as usual?
@@MiniSage I've done that for three years now...just expect that not ALL of them will sprout. If they are already sprouting before you plant them, they should be good to go in my experience.
Hey! I’m not sure if I missed it, it how long should it be between chitting my potatoes and having it heal to when I can plant it in the ground? I’ve never grown potatoes before, your videos are super helpful!
The Petite Plantation - Off Grid Tiny Homestead just give it a couple days for the cut to dry. Just be sure it is dry before planting. :)
What do you think about growing in hay and straw
Awesome!
Help! I just harvested my potatoes. I had a bunch of tiny ones, the season is still young.
Can I plant the tiny potatoes fron this harvest, for a second, late summer harvest?
Do I have to store them in the refrigerator first?
I could not find a RUclips video on this aspect of potato growing.
What type of soil is best for growing potatoes?
With true yams I dust the cut parts with wood ash. Is it better to air dry potatoes?
Thanks Luke. What did the one potato say to another potato?.......I'll keep an eye out for you.
Great video Luke. Love my potatoes and next time I get seed potatoes I will give the chitting a go. I have always planted seed potatoes whole due to the fact that they have more energy but with some extra soil amendment they should do well I think.
Gardening Tips With Phil i completely agree with that Phil. Give it a go!
I work at a veggie farm and he has a rule of thumb ten peaces is one pound and he has a huge harvest I don't know if that will help any one but thought I would sat something
I live in Tucson. I had to build greenhouse to keep lizards out. Any tips for growing in a greenhouse?
Thank you good video
I want to grow a purple potato that I bought at the store. So far, it hasn't sprouted, perhaps due to herbicides. Can I hurry it up by suspending it partially in water? I remember doing that in school way back in the olden days, when cars had tail fins, Ike was in the White House, and kids could walk to school.
Getting my potatoes ready for a second year in a row! Last year I was a novice, and now I'm a potato veteran! Just had to brush up on the chitting procedure, so thanks for your help! Hope you're doing well, Luke!
my potatoes have 8 inch sprouts on them. Shall I plant them like that? They are from my home grown blue potatoes.
Luke, how do you place the potatoes in the ground for growing? Sprouts up or down?
Sprouts up. This is your plant
@@joemercieca4794 THANK YOU!!!😘
@@beautifulfretboard2299 No problem 😊
@@joemercieca4794 how dry do they have to be before going in the ground?
@@CoffeeAndBusiness What do you mean by dry? Please explain.
Please can you tell me where you let it dry inside or outside and how long do you have to let it dry please
Thank you
Thank you !!
I keep finding potato plants growing in my worm bin from the peels. It doesn't seem to matter if there are or aren't eyes on the peels. After planting them in buckets they do grow into healthy potato plants.
Michigan Tropical Gardener nice! Thank you for that!
I might have missed my planting time this year.
suburban homestead you can still do it, you would be surprised. I plant before our last frost date to get an early start!
Not knowing, I planted them last year with no dry time, and they were in a soggy situation most of the summer. They didn't rot, and I got potatoes.
Great tutorial, very helpful :-)
PinkChucky15 I am so glad it helped! Will you be trying potatoes this year?
***** I doubt I'll be doing much this year, don't really have the space or the time. But potatoes are definitely one of the things I really want to try soon :-)
Where do you dry the potatoes, in the sun outside or inside away from sun?
Did you find out i want to know aswell
One division I get, but three for that little sprout? I don't think so. Plant the whole thing and be assured of a big harvest/
I had my seed potatoes sitting out side in egg crates. And there just starting to chit. Than it rained, and they got soaked. They were in the rain. for 2 hours before I figured out I left them outside. Will they be ok, or will they try to start making roots. Any help would be great. I'm a first year potatoe gardener.
I grew three types of potato last year and it turned out pretty good. However, I randomly dropped my seed potato in the ground, not paying attention to which direction they landed in the holes. Does direction matter where the "eyes" are concerned? Might I have gotten better results if all the "eyes" where up or down?
Eyes up
Do you have a video on how to get them to bud?
Dawn Estrada they’ll do that pretty much on their own.
Expose them to diffused (not direct) sunlight. Keep them chit side up.
Thanks my brudda.
I'm using this because I need it for my school project. I dunno why, but me and my group are doing a potato farmer presentation LOL But wth ever. Thnx. ima use this
+Skippy Senpai Go for it! Thanks! Glad you liked it!
I pre-started some potatoes from potatoes I bought that sat in My cubboard and sprouted there now as I replanted them the original potato chitt fell of one of My plants they have nice roots though so Ive planted them anyway cutting the potato in small pieces and planted them close to the roots hoping the roots can still make use of the starch and Some of the chitts that has been growing lots of shoots I splitted further so I have gotten 22 plants from 6- 10 potatoes (I forgot I know that I have two kinds of potato though one I only had Two original potatoes like 5-6 of one kind and two of the other kind that Ive chitted to be 5 plants) which have shoots that are 3-4 inches and every plant has at least 2-3 shoots and Im gonna let them be like that, some I waited to chit and left in the cubboard and now Ive bought new potatoes to eat and they have started to sprout I dont even know what to do with them. I live alone so I usually buy only a few potatoes at a time. Luckily Im part of a group growing plants and friendship so I can share My potatoes with them. Ive never tried pre-growing potatoes as you dont actually need to do that but this spring Ive Said to myself I would like to try and as the spring had been more then a month delayed l basicly planted them when I normaly do outside but indoors but they grew quite fast indoors so now they had to be replantedso that the roots would have more room.
I am a beginning gardener and have never grown potatoes so this might be a stupid question....Can you use store bought potatoes that have not been used and have sprouted or do you need to buy seed potatoes?
Kari Adams Yep you can! This video will answer that question for you in greater detail. ruclips.net/video/_WJGH8N_seM/видео.html
Thanks!!
its important to start out with good seed potatoes. I Bought some and when I cut them they had brown in the middle. So I knew they would produce more of the same.
+Anne Moore Very true!
How long do you let them harden for?
Thanks, great info.
sha whit Thanks for watching! :)
What is the name of the song in your intro? It's very nice.
What happens if your potatoes sprout (chitting) too early? Before season such as like in November or December? What can I do with it?
mine are sprouted seed potatoes when I bought today
Any advice for potato beetles? They are crazy here in Virginia.
Lee Brown diotomacious earth
Thanks great info
***** Glad you liked it!
How about dipping them in sulfur powder?
I thought that chitting had to do with getting them to start sprouting, not cutting them to prepare for planting.
yes.. once they grow a little sprout than you can either put the whole potato and plant it OR you can cut pieces like he did and plant them...
if you cut pieces, each piece will make a plant ,so will get more plants that way.
Yeah, it is. We called this "Chitt'n and Split'n" when I was a kid. Two separate things. We chit (sprouted) for a few weeks then split them a few days before we planted.
Agreed, that's what I came for. This title is misleading.
@@Sassy8utube 🎉🎉
Can you still plant them if they have moldy eyes
When do you plant the potatoes after chitting
which way do you plant the potato or does it matter? sprouts up or down?
Julie Phillips sprouts up ALWAYS. I will have a growing guide for sure on potatoes.
***** thank you
I heard those are not as good cause they are not green ...but we’ve always planted them like you ....so is that true ...they have to be green
After I cut my chitted potato up it grew a little bit of mold over where it scabbed over is it still ok to plant???
JC Hi! I am no expert, but last year the German Heirloom variety that I ordered from a gardening center came moldy. I wasn't happy but I planted them anyway and they did fine.
The eyes have it 😂
Awesome
Linda Penney thank you!
I'm pretty sure it's "indeterminate," but if you're going to plant in a container, a deep one, you will have to plant indeterminate. Otherwise you will just get potatoes from the first green point/ layer, down. Where you started the seed potato will be the green point...
Do you have to keep them in the dark when drying them out. Anyone in the comments wanna let me know
Can you plant them before they start to sprout like that
Yes, you can plant them before they sprout, but why would you? You want to see the sprouts on your seed potatoes before planting so you can tell which ones are best -- biggest, most viable sprouts and decide whether to cut that potato down the middle to make two, or just use the one. If you have one or two good sprouts, and the potato is big enough, cut them -- you'll get more plants. When you divide them, dip the wet / cut side either in wood ash (like wood stove or fireplace ash) or horticultural sulphur and let it dry a couple days so it 'seals' (gets kind of leathery) before planting -- otherwise that wet side can rot and ruin the plant. You should have at least one big, healthy (like 1/2" or longer) sprout on each segment. If you're in more of a hurry or aren't sure, just plant the whole thing -- sprouts facing up.
@@jrocks1971 ok. Ty! Ive never planted potatoes and was just wobdering because I'm short on space be c ause of all my seedlings... but that makes sense
I got potatoes but no sprout it is very clean.How yo make it sprout?
How deep and what ate the best soils to plant them.
Kathy Jo Jackowski that information will be covered in the complete Potato growing guide coming this weekend.
What do you do when you forgot about your potatoes that had little eye sprouts, put them in a box under the stairs and now they have 6-10 inch growth with no leaves?? Asking cuz I just found this in my box!😂
Thanks for sharing Luke- Interesting
Patrick Meehan Glad you liked it!
How many potatoes does one potato slice with 1 eye grow?
Anybody can make last year potatoes to chit. How do you make young potatoes to chit?
Forgot about my seed potatoes. Some have 8 or ten inch growth. Can I still plant them?
Do have to vote the cut end with anything
Chit yeah
We already know how to do it too
This didn't answer the MAIN QUESTION most people have about sprouting potatoes: WHICH END IS UP? We all know to cut up eyes and dry them out a bit. But all that Medusa snakey white stuff looks like ROOTS and people tend to plant them upside down if they don't see leaves. And they don't know those side bumps MAKE POTATOES as the stem grows even longer searching for sunlight.
Which goes to the next question: HOW DO I GET POTATOES? because when people plant them upside down, or even right side up under the dirt, they only get so many potatoes when they're too shallow. Deep means they creep up to the sun and put out more leaves at the tips while pushing potatoes out the sides. Your average joe doesn't know that's how they grow and none of these videos (yours or anyone) is talking about how to get a chit to actually grow potatoes and not just leaves. ;)
You gonna be chitting me!
Naw, I wouldn't chit you buddy, you're my favorite tater! 😂
But if you plant potato without cutting at all ....it's not allowed to dry out. Kinda confused
Is Good Friday the planting goal for your potatoes ?
All eyes on me...
Im not chitting you
Remember! When it comes to potatoes, the eyes have it. :)
Leland Somers you can't sneak anything past them! they have eyes in every direction.
MIgardener I see what you did there. 😂
nope sorry but chitting is not cutting but green sprouting.
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Thanks for the informative video but as a professional chef, watching you drag that knife on the metal table was akin to scratching fingernails on a chalk board. Arrrrrgh!