Potato sacks

**crannman** · 23-06-2013, 09:27 AM

think anything made from plastic would make potatoes sweat and rot

**redser** · 23-06-2013, 09:49 AM

That's my concern, but these are woven and have Air gaps as such.

**veggiechicken** · 23-06-2013, 09:55 AM

We used to get hessian sacks from pet food shops (free). Peanuts for birds were delivered in them!!

**WendyC** · 23-06-2013, 10:12 AM

I use thick paper sacks. I've had them nearly 10 years but might need to splash out on a few new ones this year!

**snohare** · 23-06-2013, 11:24 AM

The woven polypropylene sacks you can get are breathable, but not breathable enough - especially in warm weather, where the double layer of a paper sack insulates from temperature changes and therefore sweating.
I've tried wrapping individual tatties in newspaper, which seemed to work quite well - but it only takes one blighted tattie, and you have a terrible problem - you really cannot inspect them properly.

**VirginVegGrower** · 23-06-2013, 11:37 AM

They sell the hessian bags in Poundland or the other cheapo shops. In the gardening section.

**redser** · 23-06-2013, 02:41 PM

Thanks for the replies

**Two_Sheds** · 23-06-2013, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by redser View Post

Hi, I'm just wondering if those woven rubble sacks you would get at a builders providers would be suitable for storing potatoes.

No: they don't block the light, so the spuds would turn green

**redser** · 23-06-2013, 04:30 PM

Thanks. They would be in a dark shed. I'd say the weave would be as close as a hessian sack. Maybe you're thinking of a different type of sack?

**Two_Sheds** · 23-06-2013, 04:38 PM

I used the plastic weave rubble sacks (of which you speak) to bag up couch grass to rot down: the weave let too much light in, and the grass just continued growing

**redser** · 23-06-2013, 04:55 PM

Ok, thanks TS

**Aberdeenplotter** · 23-06-2013, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by WendyC View Post

I use thick paper sacks. I've had them nearly 10 years but might need to splash out on a few new ones this year!

don't splash out, ask your local chippie to keep you some

**WillyNelson** · 24-06-2013, 03:12 PM

I've got some before from my local greengrocer. Just asked them if they had any spare potato bags. Double layer, good & strong, designed for keeping potatoes in.

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