Storing potatoes

I keep mine in the bottom of the fridge. They keep for 2/3 weeks.

I buy a sack of red potatoes and keep sack closed in garage and they seem to keep alright.

He wont even let me serve frozen mash!?

One son wont eat them unless i make chips-(17yr old) other (22) refuses to have anything he considers 'leftovers' which would include any type of 'heres some i made/prepared earlier' such as pre- cooked or even peeled & kept in fridge! It drives me mad all this fussiness! I didn't raise them like this!??

I put mine in the salad drawer in the bottom of the fridge. Since I’ve been doing that they’ve kept for ages with none sprouting.

My dad used to keep them in a sack in the shed...

I open up the plastic bag asap

I read the other day that you should put some mint in with them to stop them sprouting. Haven’t tried it yet though!

Amount not aniut!

I can't understand it. When I was young my mother bought large bags of potatoes which lasted ages. I only buy small bags but no matter how I store them they don't seem to keep long and I end up throwing some out (recycle). I suppose my mum had 5 people to feed and we ate potatoes virtually every day, so maybe she just got through them quickly.

Tried all your attempts too without success. To think I used to buy a sack of potatoes when family was at home and I can't recall the growing legs problem. Now I just buy a small amount of baby potatoes and keep them in the fridge. If I want mashed pots again I buy a smaller aniut and use them quickly. A neighbour put me on to frozen pots for mashingand must admit they are fine. Keep a bag in reserve now.

I keep mine in a garage with a old quilt cover on top seem to do the trick for about a fortnight.

Potatoes just don't keep well these days, whatever you do with them.

Mine are in a wooden box lined with newspaper in a cool cellar and the box has a lid, but they still sprout.

A local grower told us to leave the mud on but that’s not so easy unless you buy them in sacks from a farm shop. Now that we eat rice and pasta as well as potatoes we don’t get through them nearly as quickly.

I transfer my supermarket potatoes into a brown paper flour sack and they seem to keep well... BUT I do only buy the varieties we used to grow - Maris Piper, King Edwards etc.
When we grew potatoes they always kept a long time so maybe you are not buying "keepers"?

I'm the same as LadyGracie, in the fridge, probably not the best place, I have kept them in the garage previously, but find they keep much better in the fridge. Presently, I have a very large bag of Maris Pipers and some smaller Charlotte potatoes.

I keep mine in the salad drawer of the fridge, no sprouting and they last for ages.

I have a sack of farm potatoes at the moment. They are in a dark cupboard in my utility room. They appear to be keeping well, unlike the ones from the supermarket which sprout in a couple of days.

I keep ours in a wicker basket with a lid. (One of the hamper type baskets), in the garage.
Just tip them out of the plastic bag, and although some may begin to shoot, mostly they are fine.

I no longer eat them so not a problem for me any more. I do keep finding the odd one growing in my veggie garden from when I used to grow my own.

We did get a bag of unwashed spuds from a supermarket in a net bag (for a change to see if that would be better). They went in the dark garage in a cupboard - but started walking soon after. ? So it was back to square one again.

We peel them, steam for a few minutes, then freeze on trays and transfer to bags. It works for chips as well.

Don’t try to store washed potatoes, or any that have been harvested before October, they should keep for 2 months in a cool dark place (5-8 deg C) if it’s warmer they will not keep as long.

We buy most of ours direct from the farm that grows them, they still chit a bit but that's what they do naturally. Keep them out in the cold shed (covered in case of frost) and just bring in a small amount at a time.

Unwashed spuds, preferably covered in soil or dried mud; kept in a cloth bag and stored somewhere cold and dark will keep for a couple of weeks or more. Ditto carrots and parsnips. Supermarket washed root vegetables aren't meant to be stored so buy little and often.