Topic: New Potatoes: How to store?

[Karen Atkinson]

About to pull up Charlottes. How should I store them?

[calendula]

in your tummy  ;D always best to pull them when you want them but if you need the space then store them as cool and light as possible

[cornykev]

As said pull them as you need them.     ;D ;D ;D

[Jeannine]

I have mine in a fabric bag at the back of the fridge.

I read somewhere about an old man who used to put some in a biscuit tin  in dry peat and bury  the tin in the garden, the story goes he would dig them at Christmas and could even scrape them?

XX Jeannine

[kippers garden]

My 1st and 2nd earlies are so rubbish this year that we have nearly eaten them all already as there have been so few per plant (i only got approx 2 per plant)

[Pescador]

Don't you mean cool and dark, Calendula?

[shirlton]

Have never stored new spuds but do store mids and lates in the shed in sacks and under a blanket

[calendula]

Don't you mean cool and dark, Calendula?

errr, yes  ::) but people rarely take notice of what I say  ;D

[Kepouros]

Charlottes will store perfectly well through the winter - I do it nearly every year.  Treat them as any other potato for store; don`t dig them up until the skins have had time to set properly, then dig them, up, dry them off, and put them in hessian sacks in  a cool dark and frost free place.

[davyw1]

Charlottes will store perfectly well through the winter - I do it nearly every year.  Treat them as any other potato for store; don`t dig them up until the skins have had time to set properly, then dig them, up, dry them off, and put them in hessian sacks in  a cool dark and frost free place.

The only thing i would add is don,t wash them leave leave them dirty.

[Karen Atkinson]

Thanks everyone for the great advice!

[powerspade]

I`ve nearly eaten all of mine

[TISH]

Charlottes will store perfectly well through the winter - I do it nearly every year.  Treat them as any other potato for store; don`t dig them up until the skins have had time to set properly, then dig them, up, dry them off, and put them in hessian sacks in  a cool dark and frost free place.

How do you know if the skins have set properly?

[longalot]

if the skins easily rub off with lite pressure from  a finger they are not set.

[Larkshall]

I have mine in a fabric bag at the back of the fridge.

I read somewhere about an old man who used to put some in a biscuit tin  in dry peat and bury  the tin in the garden, the story goes he would dig them at Christmas and could even scrape them?

XX Jeannine

My father used to store new potatoes in a clamp, packed in damp sand. You could still scrape them in February.

[Kepouros]

TISH, when the tops have been cut down or died down leave them in the ground for at least a further two weeks, after which the skins will have set.