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?

[Denim]

My potatoes from Big C sprout no problem. Stored in a dark cupboard always sprout strongly. However, this is the hot season and probably not the best time to plant in the ground.l

[mymonkeyhusb]

Thanks all for your help. I will adjust my soil, timing where and what types of potatoes I buy. Also going ahead with sweet potatoes especially those Japanese Beniharuka. 

[Maybole]

I grew potatoes successfully in Scotland for 30 years, but they always seemed to sprout better if exposed to a period cool temperatures before laying out. I suggest you put them in the bottom drawer of you refrigerator for at least a week. Do not freeze.

[kickstart]

Some potato's the wife brought two weeks ago from our local weekly market; we have just kept them on a shelf.

Now the time factor, how the woman selling them has had them, and how long the wholesaler selling has had them I could not say.

When I had the garden in the Uk, I would have planted these, and they would have grown, but here in Thailand I would have my doubts, most certainly not now just too hot, wait another 6 weeks for some rain and to cool down a bit.

[IronByron]

Potatoes do not like the tropical conditions that we have in Thailand. However you could still grow them in the period December to February when temperatures are at its lowest, but even then you will see that they are very susceptible diseases, mainly fungus. The potatoes that you can buy at the supermarkets are not really suitable for using as seed but they will grow. Their yield potential is just lower because of virus infections (not harmful for humans though). Planting them at the end of April is a waste of your time.

[kickstart]

On 4/29/2025 at 5:27 PM, IronByron said:

Potatoes do not like the tropical conditions that we have in Thailand. However you could still grow them in the period December to February when temperatures are at its lowest, but even then you will see that they are very susceptible diseases, mainly fungus. The potatoes that you can buy at the supermarkets are not really suitable for using as seed but they will grow. Their yield potential is just lower because of virus infections (not harmful for humans though). Planting them at the end of April is a waste of your time.

Potatoes need about 5 month growing ,I know early verities have a shorter growing time, but they is no why they will grow in Thailand, Thai verities are main crop verities.

Plant them in December main growing time will be the hot season, best time would be August, in the rainy season, and a bit cooler,spuds like water, and harvest them around February time.

As you said virus, and fungus infections, are a big problem over here, of which potatoes are very susceptible, you would be better off just buying them from were ever .as I said wife buys them from our local market, this evening she made a Southern style curry, with potatoes very nice it was too.