desiree

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my desiree potatoes are ready,am i best harvesting all to store or am i best leaving in ground and maybe cutting top part of plant off

[PLUMPUDDING]

I harvested mine last week. I wanted the ground to put the brassicas in, so I lifted them all, dried them out for a few hours and then bagged them up. I keep them in the cellar and use the paper sacks the hen food comes in to store them.

I find that the slugs move in if I leave them in the soil after they are ready, so they are better lifted and stored in a cool dark place.

I watered the beds with nematodes in spring and have hardly had any slug damage at all this year, probably only ten potatoes in total out of several hundred potatoes.