Green potatoes

Biggles

It's not recommended to try and grow from eating potatoes, only seed potatoes are certified as virus-free, though I don't know why seed pots don't turn green when you chit them, maybe something to do with having lain dormant all winter?

Farway

Mine have turned green as well, these were a couple of eaters from Morrison's

I have every intention of planting & eating the results, as stated green when eaten is no no, for planting it makes no differance, the end result will not poison you [or me]

Still here after 30 years of doing it

frivolous_fay

robnye wrote: »

thats cos your supposed to store them in the dark.........

where they glowing by any chance...... :rotfl:

But... but... mine sprout faster in the dark! :rotfl:

teedy23

Monty Don says he does his on a sunny window sill!

A._Badger

TeaLady wrote: »

They were eating potatoes that I bought from Asda but they went totally green very quickly when the were exposed to light unlike any other spud I have ever seen:eek: :eek: .

They'll be fine.The only danger comes when you eat the green parts (including the leaves!), But the advice you were given about viruses is right - there is a risk though, in my opinion, it's still worth trying.

During WWII people used to grow potatoes from the peelings and though virus was (and still is) a problem, you should get some sort of crop.

Hope that helps.

Trishh_2

The chitted spuds turning green isn't a problem as they will rot away eventually anyway. New tubers will be fresh and lovely.
RE: Planting (non seed) potatoes bought from the supermarket will NOT introduce viruses into the soil ... most common killer of spud harvest is blight & this is carried in the rain .... I plant "virus free certified" seed spuds but that doesn't make them blight resistant! Nor does it mean they won't get attacked by eel worm or other potato pests. Lots of people have been growing their own spuds from shop bought stock for years. Rotation is important for the control of some pests.

Best of luck.

BTW .. chit them in a light, frost free place ... shoots sprouted in the dark will be leggy and weak and likely to break off when planted.

TeaLady_3

Thanks everybody for your comments. I will let you know what kind of crop I get from them.

Biggles

Trishh wrote: »

RE: Planting (non seed) potatoes bought from the supermarket will NOT introduce viruses into the soil ... most common killer of spud harvest is blight & this is carried in the rain .... I plant "virus free certified" seed spuds but that doesn't make them blight resistant! Nor does it mean they won't get attacked by eel worm or other potato pests. Lots of people have been growing their own spuds from shop bought stock for years.

It nothing to do with resistance against blight etc, nor is the virus anything that can harm humans. 'Eating potatoes' frequently carry such a virus, though it probably won't do much more than reduce your crop. Though apparently if you start from certified virus-free seed potatoes, you can carry on using them as seed for several seasons with no ill effect.

Lord_Gardener

We haven't bothered to chit potatoes for years ( I experimented with and without some 20 years ago and found no difference in yields!) - they still grow fine!

Farway

Lord_Gardener wrote: »

We haven't bothered to chit potatoes for years ( I experimented with and without some 20 years ago and found no difference in yields!) - they still grow fine!

I agree, I think the chitting idea started with show men, where you wanted only one or two shoots to grow, rub out rest and cosset the plants for show bench

Possibly overall yield may be same but perhaps spud size differs? Just a guess, no facts