dreamgirl Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 This all sounds interesting-about your potatoes and chitting. Can I be nosey and ask what you are all doing with your potatoes? Am I missing out on something?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 we registered with potatoes for schools (or whatever it's called) to grow specific varieties - which they send with their instructions, and we grow them and weigh the crop on a particular day to see who got the most! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamgirl Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Is it too late for me to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 here's the address Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamgirl Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 tHANKS cAIT. hAVE TRIED TO REGISTER. i HASVE BUT THEN i SAW IT WAS CLOSED FOR 2010. mIGHT HAVE REGISTERED FOR 2011. OH WELL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueJ Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Have received our spuds and are ready to start chitting. Potato people have sent a timetable for us and we have a large pop up garden sack ready for when we start planting. Last time we grew spuds we got loads and made potato cakes v. scrummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamgirl Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 i THINK i MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE DATE. cAN i DO IT BY MYSELF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 well you'll need 3 spuds of 2 varieties, and you plant them and watch them grow then harvest them in June and weigh them and see how much you've got. The children enjoyed looking after ours and monitoring the watering etc. We did really well last year and each child in my group (8) took a few home for their dinner, sufficient for a generous portion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlettangel Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I didn't know you could register somewhere for this but have been and bought "early" potatoes to grow with the children. It was a great success last year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlettangel Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I have registered for next year too!!!! Thanks for the tip about the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellerkaren Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I registered, well I am sure that I did but I have not recieved mine yet ;( may need to but my own like dreamgirl as the children enjoyed growing the potatoes last year x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublinbay Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I only received my potatoes last Friday. According to the instructions they need to start chitting tomorrow. I love this activity.....reminds me that summer is around the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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