Spud sacks?

[Mothy]

Anyone got any idea where I can obtain a few potato sacks in which to store my precious tubers when the time is right?

TimJ

[Mothy]

[Lady Cosmos]

hallo Tim, the organic gardening catalogue has paper potatoe sacks
40x10x70 cm  Pack of 5   Eng P.4,40 about.

But I use jute, (hessian) bags about 1 mtr  E0,95= about 75 p.

Works very well, use the same ones for years.

[carrot-cruncher]

Local chippy????


I asked mine if they could spare a couple & they not only said yes, but offered unlimited amounts 'cos all they do is chuck them.    They're paper not hessian but I don't mind.

To keep them dry I've got a wooden pallet in my shed which keeps the bags out of the damp

CC

[tim]

Mice decimated our hessian ones this year!! Showed potato picture to prove it!

But the same would apply to paper.

So put down a trap?

[Mrs Ava]

When my own spuds run out  :'( I buy local grown spuds from the farm and they conveniently enough, come in lovely paper sacks.  I have been saving them for my (fingers and toes crossed) bumper harvest this year!  Also, my seeds from Tuckers came in a rather nice paper sack, which was duly saved.  Recycling again!  8)

[ALAN HOWELL]

Cadge some from your local chippy or veg man,they are only too pleased to get rid of them,I got more than I needed last year,useful for other things too ;)   ALAN

[new potter]

local shops are a good place too we just throw ours away!
NP

[Mothy]

Thanks folks!!!   Dohhhh...local chippy I must be a bit Fick!!   ::)

[simon404]

Marshalls usually have hessian sacks in their seed catalogue, haven't cheched it this year though.

[loz]

Yep, Marshalls is where I get mine.

Check the weave though as I know they had a problem last year with them being too loose, and letting in too much light.

Loz

[Ceri]

if you are handy with an upholstory needle and thread, or even a good stapler - the big cube-type bags in which sand etc. is delivered to building sites are often made of good hessian - these usually get thrown away by the builders as they are not required to return them.  They are called pudding bags.  Worth wandering innocently into a building site perhaps.

[Merry Tiller]

I think this was mentioned elsewhere but garden centres have stacks of them at this time of year, the seed potatoes come down from Scotland in them, I believe they are just thrown out

[philcooper]

The garden centres are getting "wise" and selling them

Paper sacks are better as they are more light proof and as has been said above, chippies, greengrocers supermarkets all throw the paper ones away

Phil