"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Some of the potatoes I dug up a couple of months ago are starting to
sprout. Any suggestions how to prevent this? They are being stored in
cardboard boxes covered in newspaper, in a cool, dry and fairly dark
store, though there is a small window into the store which lets a little
light in - is this the problem? Do they need to be stored in total pitch
dark?

The potatoes were lifted earlier than I'd planned too. Due to the dry
Summer the tops died off prematurely and many of the potatoes were small
in size - could this also account for problems storing them?


I'm having the same problem with my King Edwards, which are very
disappointing in both size and quantity, and I also blame the drought. I
only got the last of them up a couple of days ago, despite the haulms having
died off yonks ago. Quite a few of them were already sprouting before I dug
them up, and then I found loads of them were sprouting in storage in the
shed.

The Kestrel were lifted earlier and are still not sprouting.

Steve