Some gardeners are all for chitting. But here is the secret: you don’t need to chit to be successful. Chitting your potatoes means allowing the eyes of your potatoes to sprout before you put them in ...

Mr Sweeting, from Barnard Castle has emailed me a question. He wants to know why he should chit his potatoes, and could I just run through the conditions that they require for him. CHITTING is the ...

If you've ever tasted a potato that's been cooked just minutes after being dug up from the ground, you'll know how different the flavour is from any supermarket variety. So now's the time to grow your ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. A: I was reading an article ...

Can you please settle an argument? My husband says there’s no need to chit seed potatoes before planting them. My understanding is that it makes the plants grow faster and better, with heavier ...

Although spring 2022 arrives astronomically this Sunday (i.e. the “spring equinox”), that doesn’t mean it’s full steam ahead with everything and anything gardening. We still could get below-freezing ...

GARDENING expert Monty Don has shared an "egg box" trick for chitting potatoes in February. The garden pro said the potatoes need to be kept in a "cool but frost free" place. Gardening expert, and ...

The winter months may not seem like the best season to get out in the garden but it’s actually a great time to start preparing for spring. Gardening expert and author Ellen Mary has shared which crops ...

Q: I was recently in the United Kingdom visiting my mother and ran across an article in the local newspaper on a technique for growing potatoes called chitting. It triggered a memory, as I seem to ...

Staffordshire-based potato producer WB Daw & Son hadn’t chitted its seed for more than a decade but, after developing its own time-saving, easy-to-use system, chitting is now firmly back on the farm’s ...

Hellebores are such a welcome sight through the winter and early spring months. They brighten the shady areas of my garden and their flowers cope well with the worst of conditions. Helleborus verboom ...