Volunteer potatoes

[David]

Morning all,

After a hard slog of a weekend on the allotment which included the usual passionate discussions at tea break there is a topic we were undecided on.

Are spuds left in the ground from last year (I think you call them volunteers from reading OH's thread)safe/good to eat? On our plot some do and some dont citing disease, lack of taste etc.

As I have two rows from last year that I missed and have now regrown to a foot tall I'm especially interested.

Thanks for any advice you have.

Regards

David

[alan refail]

David

Simple answer: Eat them!

We eat all ours and are still here - taste brilliant, whatever the variety.

Alan

[David]

Thanks Alan, clearly not a man to mince words.

I'm with you - anybody for the other side of the argument??

D

[oldherbaceous]

Dear David, i must say Alan doesn't mince his words, he just sometimes spells them in another language.

Just two thoughts, the potatoes should be the same as the ones last year, and as long as they were not diseased at the end of last year they should be fine.
Saved buying seed potatoes i suppose.

[Geoff]

Some people call them bastard potatoes but as a volunteer is a stupid bastard I suppose it is just the same!

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Geoff i volunteer for all sorts of things, suppose that sums me up then.

[alan refail]

OH

I said volunteers were brilliant.
Sums you up better

Alan

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Alan, thankyou so much for the compliment, but you haven't met me yet.