Kitchen Garden Forum

I should cut off the tops and burn them, the spuds should be OK but wont store well.

Is that the way it is?

Thanks as I have lots that have died down now.

David

That's the best advice old chap, you might get away with leaving a few spuds in the ground depending upon your soil type, it's a toss up between pulling them up and them deteriorating in the bag or the wet and the worms getting em in the ground, I have pulled half of mine and left the other half in the ground hoping for the best! Fingers and toes crossed

Compo

I did the same as Compo.
Cut the tops off and now I am digging them up while they are looking good.
Main crop Desiree tubers are huge - baking size.
I lay them out in the greenhouse to make sure they are dry then bag up in Hessian sacks. I will do the same with Pink Fir and Blue Moon.
Hoping they will store for a few months anyway.

Beryl.

Once dug and in store pick them over weekly at least.

If left and one goes slimey (horrible smell also) the runny slime gets on the others and the sack.

Bright idea (from someone other than me) is to use the supermarket veg boxes lined with newspaper and with a light excluding layer of newspaper on top.

Those shallow big sturdy boxes with a flat rim at both ends to stack a twin on.

Easy to pick over, better ventilation than a sack and handy to move around.