Post by canadamike on Jan 17, 2008 19:52:28 GMT -5
I vote with paquebot on that one. At the very least, it was my understanding. I had only 5 pounds of each many of SSE varieties to plant this year plus my regular ones.
The seed potatoes were very small, but had so many eyes, it was incredible. The '' to cut or not to cut '' debate is really related on the number of eyes, and secondly to the possibility of diseases entering through the cut, hence the drying beriod.
Anyway... I wanted to get more plants , so I cut these diminutive seeds in 2 or even 3 for the most part, and ended up with 3 rows of 50 feet of AUSTRIAN CRESCENT and 2 of ROSE FINN APPLE ( Pink fir apple according to Will Bonsall, who knows more than me) and a small 10 feet of another one.
The whole point is the eyes numbers is the most relevant factor here. Each one is a plant after all. An what would be the use of cutting a 2 pounds potato with only one eye if such a potato existed?
My experience, up to now, has been that the fingerlings seeds have more eyes than average.
The seed potatoes were very small, but had so many eyes, it was incredible. The '' to cut or not to cut '' debate is really related on the number of eyes, and secondly to the possibility of diseases entering through the cut, hence the drying beriod.
Anyway... I wanted to get more plants , so I cut these diminutive seeds in 2 or even 3 for the most part, and ended up with 3 rows of 50 feet of AUSTRIAN CRESCENT and 2 of ROSE FINN APPLE ( Pink fir apple according to Will Bonsall, who knows more than me) and a small 10 feet of another one.
The whole point is the eyes numbers is the most relevant factor here. Each one is a plant after all. An what would be the use of cutting a 2 pounds potato with only one eye if such a potato existed?
My experience, up to now, has been that the fingerlings seeds have more eyes than average.