A combination of cutting and
pre-sprouting

A corked cut surface with short, hard sprouts

Benefits

Adds value to high-quality large seed potatoes
Cutting makes a number of varieties easier to plant, such as Agria, Nicola and other elongated varieties
Cutting eliminates apical dominance. Cutting activates the dormant eyes on the tuber. This results in 10-15% more stems per m² distributed more uniformly
The new harvest is more uniform in size
In some varieties, the old mother tubers are exhausted sooner and better.
Cutting encourages the plants to emerge a week earlier. 10-14 days of pre-sprouting means harvesting can take place 2-3 weeks earlier
In financial terms, the knife cuts both ways:
1. Cheaper seed potatoes (± €100 to €500 per ha.)
2. Better grades give higher yields
Cutting promotes rapid wound healing and sprouts in the pre-sprouting bags. See the advice below.

Cutting and pre-germination

a good combination

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Use healthy and sound seed potatoes.
Temperature of tubers before cutting 12°-14°C.
Bag potatoes after cutting in one pass.
Put the germination racks in your shed for two weeks for proper wound healing.
This will keep the cut poters from drying out and rotting.* ALL ADVICE GIVEN APPLIES TO AVERAGE CONDITIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. AS WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON THE QUALITY OF SEED POTATOES, WEATHER, BUILDINGS, MACHINERY AND THE EXPERTISE OF THE USER, WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR THE RESULTS.

Indoor

wound healing

Increase the temperature to 15 to 20°C
Ensure the relative humidity is as high as possible during the first 24 hours
Place the cut seed potatoes in pre-sprouting bags in the shed for two weeks. This prevents the development of rot and the cut seed potatoes will not dry out

Hardening off

outdoors

When the cut surface has cured, after two weeks, the pre-sprouting racks can be placed outdoors to harden off further.

Tip: cut through a few seed potatoes first to check whether the surface has cured.