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Harvesting and storing potatoes

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  • 27-09-2011 10:21am
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    john mayo 10
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    Is now the time to dig up whatever potatoes that are still in the ground? Also i have a bit of a problem with wireworm this year and i dont want to store them in a pit in the garden where the wireworm are. Any suggestions ?


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    fodda
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭fodda


    http://www.grow-your-own.ie/potatoes.html#storing_potatoes


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    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    I'll be putting mine in a pit hopefully!

    Here's a little reading I found:

    books?id=Lt8xp4VSsLkC&pg=PA5&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U2Xs3pjb30UuonCuc2I4jn1XPOunQ&ci=34%2C369%2C918%2C619&edge=0

    I'll be using straw instead of the aforementioned turf.


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    Caracol
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Caracol


    I stored mine in Hessian sacks last year. Make sure they are dry before putting them into the sacks, and careful not to bruise them when placing them in the sacks. The sacks should then be stored in a cool, dry place. I had them in a utility room so they escaped the winter freeze last year.


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    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Caracol wrote: »
    I stored mine in Hessian sacks last year. Make sure they are dry before putting them into the sacks, and careful not to bruise them when placing them in the sacks. The sacks should then be stored in a cool, dry place. I had them in a utility room so they escaped the winter freeze last year.

    Might I ask where you got the sacks?


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    Caracol
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Caracol


    PM'd you the place where I got them


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    Corsendonk
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    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    I'll be putting mine in a pit hopefully!

    Here's a little reading I found:

    books?id=Lt8xp4VSsLkC&pg=PA5&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U2Xs3pjb30UuonCuc2I4jn1XPOunQ&ci=34%2C369%2C918%2C619&edge=0

    I'll be using straw instead of the aforementioned turf.

    Cabbages were pitted too.


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    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Corsendonk wrote: »
    Cabbages were pitted too.

    Aye, my father pits everything, its amazing you pull out some carrots and cabbage out of the pit a month of so after they were pitted and it was like they just came fresh out of the ground!


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    The Garden Shop
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭The Garden Shop


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Aye, my father pits everything, its amazing you pull out some carrots and cabbage out of the pit a month of so after they were pitted and it was like they just came fresh out of the ground!


    Yeah, my dad's a fan of this too. Me, I prefer the sack method. I remember as a kid being amazed how these spuds 'would still work' after being pitted:)


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    fodda
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭fodda


    Food was always stored underground in the old days because the tempereture stays fairly stable and cool. Came across purpose built bunker type cellars for this next to veg gardens in old houses.

    But in a field where they could get soaked, nicked or vermin then that is no good and probably only done because they had no other way.


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