"JIP" wrote
Hi - this is my first year of growing stuff.

Planted some Cara and Desiree potatoes in April.

Have just lifted one plant of each and they have given what seems to me
to be a good yield. Good looking healthy grub.

Not sure though if I sould now lift them all and store, or how long I
can leave them in the ground and lift at intervals.

Advice welcome.

PS - also advice on storage welcome!


Both Cara and Desiree are Maincrop potatoes so usually stay growing until
sometime in September. Is the foliage still looking healthy, if so only dig
up you need to as they will continue to get bigger and better over the next
month at which point the foliage will stat to die off, go brown and then you
can dig them all up and store.
To store they need a dark cool but frost free place. Use paper potato sacks
if possible although if the store room is totally light free then normal
sacks can be used. Any light would turn the potatoes green in normal hessian
sacks.
Paper potato sacks can be obtained from a Farmers Shop although they may try
to sell you 500! :-)
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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