Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Storing Potatoes - paper bags or hessian?

Collapse

X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 2
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 template Next
  • #1

    Storing Potatoes - paper bags or hessian?

    Hi, I'm thinking ahead to how i'm going to store my 5 buckets of maincrop potatoes and a row in my raised bed.

    I'm not sure whether to buy paper bags or hessian sacks to store my potatoes in, is there any difference or would one of those cotton blacked inner potato bags from the catalogues through the door work just as well?

    Any comments welcome. Thanks in advance.
    Tags: None
  • #2
    I use thick paper sacks, 30p each from Scats Country Stores.
    Bright Blessings
    Earthbabe
    If at first you don't succeed, open a bottle of wine.

    Comment

    • #3
      Pro's & Con's.

      Hessian.
      Breathes easily.
      Are as thin as net curtains (T&M and Suttons are at any rate) so let light in.

      Paper.
      Does not breathe as easily.
      Does block light.


      It is important to let the spuds have an hour or two's sunbathe prior to bagging. Doubly important to bag them dry, especially in paper sacks.
      Always thank people who have helped you immediately, as they may not be around to thank later.
      Visit my blog at http://podsplot.blogspot.com/ - Updated 18th October 2009
      I support http://www.hearingdogs.org.uk/

      Comment

      • #4
        i put mine in paper sacks.
        our local poundland sells 5 double paper sacks for you guessed it a £1
        got my spare earlies in already
        phil the shed
        this will be a battle from the heart
        cymru am byth

        Comment

        • #5
          With the weather as it is nowadays leave them in the ground and dig as you want jacob
          What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
          Ralph Waide Emmerson

          Comment

          • #6
            I put my paper sacks in the tumble dryer for 30 secs before I use them to make sure they are totally dry. Helps stop the tats going off.
            My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

            Comment

            • #7
              The very nice man in my local greengrocers gave me some paper sacks for free! Bernie
              Bernie aka DDL

              Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

              Comment

              • #8
                Originally posted by dexterdoglancashire View Post
                The very nice man in my local greengrocers gave me some paper sacks for free! Bernie
                You shouldn't have been in the greengrocers Bernie!!!! You're supposed to GYO!

                PS Or were you just checking out how much you'd saved!(big grin smilie!)
                Last edited by Snadger; 29-06-2007, 07:45 PM.
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


                Comment

                • #9
                  Paper sacks for both storage and smaller ones for retail
                  Rat

                  British by birth
                  Scottish by the Grace of God

                  http://scotsburngarden.blogspot.com/
                  http://davethegardener.blogspot.com/

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Snadger View Post
                    You shouldn't have been in the greengrocers Bernie!!!! You're supposed to GYO!

                    PS Or were you just checking out how much you'd saved!(big grin smilie!)
                    I was checking out the size of his marrows! Seriously, I only went in to scrounge some paper bags, but bought an apple coz I felt guilty! Bernie
                    Bernie aka DDL

                    Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      Originally posted by dexterdoglancashire View Post
                      I was checking out the size of his marrows! Seriously, I only went in to scrounge some paper bags, but bought an apple coz I felt guilty! Bernie
                      " Can I have an apple please and can you put it in a BIG paper bag?" says bernie!
                      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                      Diversify & prosper


                      Comment

                      • #12
                        Hessian sacks, clean or dirty?

                        Hello I know this thread was started some years ago! I just googled "hessian sacks potatoes" as I have decided to store my potatoes in hessian sacks this year. I live on the Scottish borders so being so far north we can get lots of wet weather and would rather not leave them in the soil.
                        My big question is do I have to clean the potatoes before storing them or can they go in soily? I know they have to be dry.

                        Thanks!

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          I clean mine and store them in cardboard boxes and rhe paper bags that Te$co veg comes in for home delivery.

                          Comment

                          • #14
                            They don't have to be washed clean, but I'd rub the worst of the loose soil off before bagging.

                            Comment

                            • #15
                              Hessian bags every time for main storage, they last years and are much stronger than paper. Use small bags for the ones in the kitchen veg rack but hessian in the garage, breathable, strong, reusable and if you get decent ones they block the light out well.

                              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 template Next

                              Latest Topics

                              Collapse
                              View All

                              Recent Blog Posts

                              Collapse
                              View All
                              Working...
                              X