Home Grow Potatoes

[granny grump]

Please can you tell me how to store home grown potatoes. We don't have enough room for a clamp

[Barmaid]

Brown paper bag in the cool in the dark.

[Nibble]

Put them in a large brown paper sack, make sure they are completely dry, and store them in the dark.

[Nibble]

snap, barmaid :-)

[gingejbee]

The problem is finding somewhere cool enough..

[diddlydo]

They can be in open trays but the crucial thing is that they have to be in the dark otherwise they go green and nasty - cupboard under the stairs? Cupboard in garage/shed?

[237SJ]

My Dad grew lots of potatoes and he kept them double bagged in paper sacks in the cool garage.

[Clanad]

... and don't wash them... just brush off dried dirt. We use burlap sacks for storage. I think it allows the air to circulate a little better... but concur with everyone else suggesting dark and cool...

[granny grump]

Thank you all I thought that I posted a thank you yesterday but it doesn't seem to have registered

[Barmaid]

Just don't leave them in the ground like i did. When I was away, my cats have dug most of them up. Sods.

[Spoonboy]

You can buy a black lined potato bag from Poundland: it pulls tight via a drawstring, and you can reach said spuds from a zipper near the base of bag. It does the trick with shop bought spuds, so I cannot see a reason why it should not with home grown.

[granny grump]

Brilliant thank you Spoonboy - when Barmaid's away the cat's will play

[Spoonboy]

My pleasure.

[carrust]

I go to my local chippy & scrounge some potato sacks.

[granny grump]

I'm off carrust

[dancecaller]

I keep mine under a shelf unit in a cool porch. In bags (5kg sugar bags) inside a cardboard box. Small bags so that if some rot from blight they won't all go.

I used to store things in the garage nut rodents made a right mess of the apples a couple of times, so I don't now.