Help ... my seed potatoes are going spongy/soft!

[Millie1]

Brought them inside a couple of weeks ago as they weren't chitting in the garage. They're now chitting beautifully but some have gone soft/spongy in the last 24 hours . Help!!!

They do that usually don't they?

Oh Riven little chits, my eating potaos even manage to chit
Mine chitted all pale and transluscent like theyre not supposed to be. I planted them anyway and will see how they go. Hope my maincrop ones are better

Blummin potatoes always chit, even when you don't want 'em to...Riven what on earth are you doing to yours?

Oh ... great, phew and all the rest! Riven, these didn't chit either until I followed the advice of wonderful Mumsnetters and brought them indoors.

One more question ... do I just let them keep going as they are then? Wasn't planning to plant for another week or two.

then bring them in surely?

millie you can do, depends how long they are. Just be careful with them.
I've planted my earlies (in container) but have still got maincrop to go

I planted 110 earlies on the plot, and im putting 50 maincrop into 20 potato planter bags at home (anti blight precaution, eggs in multiple baskets type thing). This is only because i get the planters at wholesale cost price, otherwise it wouldnt be viable.

Thanks Bronze. At the moment they're probably just half a centimetre long so that's not really long enough, is it? Will they end up as wrinkly heaps?!

Rumour has it that it doesn't make much difference to yield if you chit or not (though might possibly bring forward the date of harvesting a week or two), so if you can protect them from frost you might be able to plant them out now. I usually put some in bags in my courtyard and then plant out the rest a wee bit later.

I'm sure it would be fine as midnight says they'll grow not chitted too.

In fact theres a Monty Don video somewhere where hes doing a comparison, cant remember if its the gardeners world site or the rhs one

Yes, they did a trial on 'Gardeners' Question Time' last year, I seem to recall. Consensus was that it really didn't matter much whether you bothered to chit or not! I do, purely because I always get the spuds a few weeks before I can plant them, and they just go ahead anyway...