Seed potatoes chitting too Early!

[Harasimow]

Opened up my box of first earlies to discover they have started to "chit" sending out white sprouts. So I put them all in egg boxes on my windowsill.

Then I looked at my other seed taters to discover they are doing the same! I dont want to plant my maincrop untill May/June. But I've put them in the greenhouse as I imagine chitting early is better than letting them grow long white shoots?

How do you save your seed potatoes so they dont start chitting untill your ready for them?

[red]

ive put mine out to chit now.

[crowsashes]

mine are already out too.

[Millymollymandy]

Mine are in a cool room on a sunny windowsill - I think if you have them in a warm room they will chit too soon. I'm not sure what you do about the ones that have already put out long white shoots.

[SusieGee]

I saw something recently about growing jersey royal potatoes and the growers said they rubbed off all the leggy 'chits' and this encouraged more and stronger growth, soooo I suspect if you remove the current ones they will sprout again - but please no law suits if it doesn't work

[Odsox]

Yes, if you remove the long white shoots you will get another flush of shoots in about a month.
I have to do that several times with my stored eating spuds from January onwards, rub off all the shoots but they still keep coming back.

[Green Aura]

Tenacious little blighters aren't they. Oooh, excuse the pun - lets hope they're not blighters at all!!!

[Harasimow]

Okay thanks I'll get de-chitting!