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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« on: July 29, 2012, 11:40:15 am »
We have a couple of bags of seed potatoes left over that didn't get planted and now they are breaking out of their sacks.


Any ideas how best to dispose of them? I am reluctant to put them on the compost heap as I don't really want potatoes popping up everywhere in the heap.




 
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deepinthewoods

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Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2012, 06:45:15 pm »
plant some now??

Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Leafy Surrey
Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2012, 06:59:54 pm »
I put mine on the bonfire! 

ddangus

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • Angus
Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 10:31:58 am »
Either put them under water in a big tub (if you have a tub big enough) for a couple of weeks and then compost  or put them on the compost heap but cover with black plastic or something similar.

DD

RUSTYME

  • Joined Oct 2009
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012, 05:48:09 pm »
Plant them like ditw says.
Loads of 2nd crop spuds in oct/nov .

Red

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • North Yorkshire
Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2012, 08:34:39 pm »
it works to plant them in racks of about 4 tyres high really well at this time of year ;D
Red

Blonde

  • Joined Mar 2011
Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 02:29:09 pm »
Plant them and get a later crop of potatoes :farmer:

northfifeduckling

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Fife
    • North Fife Blog
Re: Gone over potatoes - any ideas what to do with them?
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2012, 05:24:38 pm »
I'd plant them. Did last year in a large bucket in the polytunnel and we harvested in spring  ;D .  Blight-free, too, what I can not say of the main crop this summer  :'( :&>

 

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