potatoes will not sprout

[mymonkeyhusb]

I purchased potatoes from Makro for the purpose of letting them sprout (chit) and then planting them in my garden. Weeks go by and the eyes on the potato just sit there and look at me. Whatever "eyes" on the potato are dormant, no growth at all. Is it possible the supplier treats the potatoes with some sort of sprouting inhibitor?

 

I would like to know where I can get seed potatoes in the Samut Songkhram area or if anyone knows of reputable supplier of seed potatoes on Lazada.

 

Thank you.

[BritManToo]

My Makro sourced potatoes sprout before I can eat them.

Suggest the problem is in your soil or potting compost.

 

.... Or even your tapwater.

[Yagoda]

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

My Makro sourced potatoes sprout before I can eat them.

Suggest the problem is in your soil or potting compost.

Think all night how tasty some spuds would be fried up in the morning and the find them looking like a salmon looks when festooned with lampreys.

 

Theres a lot of stuff here to eat but you have to eat it fast.

[kickstart]

If you go in to AN past posts potatoes and growing them has come up often ,here in Thailand they are not easy , as for finding seed potatoes here in Thailand ,easier to find hens teeth just not available, just to hot ,and potatoes are susceptible to a lot of dieses ,I have tried twice to grow them put them in the ground with lots of compost ,that was the last I saw of them .

Only two weeks ago someone wrote about bringing in seeds from our own countries, to grow here, just will not work, I have tried it along with others no joy.

Even the potatoes you get from Macro Big C etc. or your local market as we do, they are not the same as our ones in our home countries what verity they are I do not know, I think ?? they are imported from China.

I use to work of a large arable farm in the UK and they put a sprout inhibiter on the crop before going into store, if it is still done, I do not know.

[cooked]

If (as is probable) the potatoes are imported, then they will have received a treatment to prevent them sprouting. Seed potatoes get cultivated in cooler climates where certain insect pests are not around, thus ensuring disease-free crops. Sweet potatoes grow well here, why not try that?