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Potatoes - storage

rhys_morganrhys_morgan Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg
If I heard properly, during the latest Gardeners' World programme, Monty Don mentioned that if earlies were stored propely, they could be kept for a couple of months. What is the method to be used please?

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Basically, they need to be kept somewhere cool and dark.  Unless I'm using the ground for something else, I usually leave mine in the ground until needed, which provides both requirements but is not so good if you have any tuber pest issues, such as keeled slugs or wireworm.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Cool and dark ... but not too cold ... definitely not the fridge ... somewhere between 5 and 10 C.

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • rhys_morganrhys_morgan Posts: 2
    Thank you.
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