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    to lift or not to lift?

    On these cold and very wet days do celeriac and swede need to be lifted and stored or can they stay in bed? I must admit I love to see that I still have stuff growing but I don't want to ruin it by leaving them in the ground too long.

    I dug up some potatoes a couple of days ago and they are HUGE
    They were give to me by a Korean girl who seems to grow nothing but spuds, onions and garlic. She said they were very good baking potatoes but didn't know the name. Have yet to cook them, but I think baked potatoes will be on the menu tomorrow!
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    Didn't lift my celeriac last year - they were fine til April when I used last one

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      I don't know, but I like the sound of that Korean Girl - I like her style

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      • #4
        I thought Swede could overwinter? Hope so, as I've got a rather large crop of them, from an out of date 'let's see what happens' experiment!

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        • #5
          Swedes should indeed be able to overwinter but they won't like to sit in saturated and cold ground (can't say I blame them really..........)

          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?

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          • #6
            On our allotments in Glasgow, we leave celeriac and swedes in the ground with no problems.

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            • #7
              On the strength of your comments, I think I'll leave them and pick as necessary. I'm rather glad really, it was going to be a nightmare finding a place to store them that would be rodent free.

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