About to pull up Charlottes. How should I store them?
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
As said pull them as you need them. ;D ;D ;D
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 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)
Don't you mean cool and dark, Calendula?
Have never stored new spuds but do store mids and lates in the shed in sacks and under a blanket
Quote from: Pescador on July 24, 2010, 07:24:42
Don't you mean cool and dark, Calendula?
errr, yes ::) but people rarely take notice of what I say ;D
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.
Quote from: Kepouros on July 24, 2010, 17:41:12
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.
Thanks everyone for the great advice!
I`ve nearly eaten all of mine
Quote from: Kepouros on July 24, 2010, 17:41:12
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?
if the skins easily rub off with lite pressure from a finger they are not set.
Quote from: Jeannine on July 23, 2010, 18:52:17
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.
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.