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Forgot to put the Sagitta (which I’d bought) out to chit in the light for a while and they had pretty long chits too, nowhere near as long as the Apache I’d saved myself but certainly not ‘normal’ style chits. They have cropped the best out of all the varieties I planted, more weight from fewer plants lifted. The think I noticed with the long chits was that the plants sprouted much quicker than they have before.
I think the issue with the ones I saved may have been how dry the spuds had got. They didn’t have the energy to keep growing through April’s drought and the more exposed ones (less shade) just couldn’t out compete the weeds, plus they all seemed to get a bit of disease. Still produced some spuds, though. Potatoes are a great survivor.
Found a photo of the Sagitta going in.
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Looks good, interesting to see what you got from the long chits. I’m not looking forward to lifting ours (in the next few days). Plants look rubbish compared to previous years.