"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:


I have a number of maincrop potatoes in storage, in a garden shed,
went to get some this morning to use and discovered that some are
beginning to sprout.

As I'm expecting to use them to eat over the next couple/three
months, how can I stop them sprouting?

Wooden sheds get pretty warm when the spring sun shines, that's why
the spuds are starting to shoot. Get them somewhere cooler; such as an
unheated brick-built garage with concrete floor. Or, if you have access,
a basement or underfloor space in the house.

The only problem with using the garage is the mice!

In a sense I'm surprised they haven't got into the shed.

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alan

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Janet.