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Potatoes - how best to store?

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Grannyknot Wed 08-Aug-12 19:50:18

We are quite new to gardening and we were so excited last year to have our first crop of large potatoes, but DH dug a whole lot up at once, too many to eat and even with give aways we had 2 big bucket fulls left over. He put them in the garage in a plastic bucket and covered them loosely with a black bag, but after a few weeks most had gone green sad. What is the best way of storing our potatoes so they will last, please? This year's crop is promising to be stupendous! smile

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Mishap Wed 08-Aug-12 19:55:14

I always seem to be trimming roots off potatoes that looked fine when I first had them.

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MrsJamJam Wed 08-Aug-12 20:26:45

They need to be really dry before you store them, and then a hessian sack kept somewhere as dark as possible is ideal. In a plastic bucket they will 'sweat' and that leads to rot. Any light makes them go green. Cool but not frosty.

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Grannyknot Thu 09-Aug-12 07:19:44

Thanks! I think those were the mistakes made - not letting them dry off properly and plastic bucket no good. I'll do a better job of supervising this year grin

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absentgrana Thu 09-Aug-12 08:44:17

Cool, dark, well-ventilated place.

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whitewave Thu 09-Aug-12 10:45:15

They need eating before the beginning of the year though as they will start to grow and become soft. We keep ours in hessian sacks in the loft.

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goldengirl Fri 10-Aug-12 10:33:27

I've got a potato bag from Lakeland and it certainly keeps them longer than previously

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Grannyknot Fri 10-Aug-12 14:16:28

Thanks again ... we made the mistake of thinking it would be all so easy. From all your replies, it is, as long as you know what you're doing!

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