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Potatoes advice

Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845
in Fruit & veg

We have a huge crop this year, can anyone tell me if it is possible to cut the shaws off and leave them in the ground until needed?

thanks. 

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
A A Milne

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    The best way to store your potatoes is to dig them all up and leave them get to dry for a few days, turning them over to dry on all sides. You can then store them in cardboard boxes or hessian sacks in a dry, dark, cool but frost free place and they should last through Winter.

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  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Yes you can safely leave them in the soil, but the slugs may get them.  Just make sure they are fully covered by soil.

  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970

    Our experience with leaving potatoes in the soil is holes, right through them, upsetting the wife somewhat, I tend to lift if anything early, and store in hessian sacks in a frost free shed.

  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Thanks Everyone

    Came home to find OH had dug up loads, graded them by size and laid out on old chicken wire raised onto bricks to enable drying off. He is a mathematician and lover the chore!!!?

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • michael mpcmichael mpc Posts: 422

    hi lilly pilly last year I had the biggest crop of spuds that I have had for many a year I stored all mine in big 40 gall water tanks I had  and 5 big bread trays with slats in for air  the tanks I put cardboard in sides and sacks as well and covered with sacking the 5 bread trays I had underfloor membrane in bottom they had paper and cardboard on top  kept for 8 mths  and onions kept as long     as long as you keep frost free I had 2ft 4x4 under tanks  to keep dry and frost free    take a few simple things to keep dry      ...

  • Lily PillyLily Pilly Posts: 3,845

    Michael MSP

    Wow! How did you happen to have water tanks and bread traysimage

    apparently sacks have been ordered. Here hoping!

    Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
    A A Milne
  • michael mpcmichael mpc Posts: 422

    hlilly pilly    iam lucky  my 2 mates are industrial plumbers and go factorys and the like even (header tanks the ones over toilets)  when you pull chain for allsorts even carrots beans lots of things the bread trays   got from a site  that they where working on  ...I even save the small ones about 1and half inchs for chats   many older  folks will know what they are ..   any spare give to lads in pub wash spuds and rinse boil with apple mint   drain  nob of lurpack  and bugger the diet sorry    and crusty bread

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