Topic: potatoe sacks

[lizagrowbag]

does anyone know a cheap place to buy the spud sacks from? even ebay seems expensive..
right now i have a plastic bag full of earlys in my shed do you think they will be ok in there? or do i need to buy the proper sacks for storing

[ugly gourd]

they will sweat in plastic bags speak to local chippy or restaurant for their empty paper sacks!!

[saddad]

Def not plastic... go with the chippy advice... hessian is better but relatively expensive..  :)

[Buster54]

Go to your local supermarket as long as it has an in-store bakery the flour sacks only end up in the balling machine to be recycled we use min 20 bags a day I mean they prob use 20 bags a day 16kg paper sacks

[little pud]

check out www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk they have some heavy duty spud sacks.  ;D

[SMP1704]

Homebase sell large brown paper sacks for lining compost bins - I bought 3 last year for £5 and still using them this year.

[Larkshall]

Ask your local greengrocer if you can have the old nets which carrots etc. are supplied in. After all, they do have to pay to dispose of them.

[Sally A]

I'm using the local greengrocer more recently, and get chatting to the staff, brown paper potato sacks tend to get dumped, mushroom blue crates, tend to get re-used by taking them back to the fruit & veg market, but of no benefit to the shop owner, so they are happy to give a few away.

In desperation a few old pillowcases, wrapped in dark breathable materials, such as towels or old bedding are preferential to storing your spuds in plastic.

[lushy86]

I went to a local farm shop to buy some sacks, they didn't have any for sale but gave me 10 used paper spud sacks, totally chuffed so put a donation in the charity box - result!

Lushy x

[kt.]

I got mine from my lottie shop for 30p each last year.  Large brown paper spud sacks.  Usually get 2 seasons storage from each one.

[Fork]

Always get mine from the local chippy......free!