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Title: potatoes
Post by: Dads Army on August 29, 2011, 16:40:27
Just started to dig my late potatoes because the leaves are starting to wilt, and have found them to be a bit green. They seem to be a bit less green when you peel off more of the outer. So should I leave them in the ground a bit longer, or is there somthing else wrong.
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: grawrc on August 29, 2011, 16:48:31
Green usually means they've been exposed to daylight so it wouldn't help to leave them in.
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: goodlife on August 29, 2011, 17:07:19
Next year you need to mulch them or earth the tops to bit deeper to keep the light away.. ;)
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Dads Army on August 29, 2011, 18:41:07
So that means I cannot consume them.
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Fork on August 29, 2011, 19:00:12
Eating the green could make you ill......cut it all off and you will be fine!
Title: Re: potatoes
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on August 30, 2011, 19:25:56
You'd have to eat a lot to make yourself ill. I eat the green ones, and I've never made myself ill yet.