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    My Maris pipers are showing all signs of being ready, everything above ground has died back and they look to be a good size, however the skins are very thin, so thin they can be peeled with a finger nail. Do they need to be left in the soil longer? Or is this just how they're going to be?
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 13-08-2019, 06:17 PM.

  • #2
    Once they are out of the ground and in storage, the skins will toughen up.
    I think.
    Sent from my pc cos I don't have an i-phone.

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    • #3
      Farmers leave tatties in the ground to "harden" them for storage up here, if you only have a few you wish eat quite quickly, then eat them now, just like a Jersey Royal(or similar) the skins are soft on new potatoes.

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      • #4
        Yes cut off all the leaves & leave them in the soil then the skins thicken up,then when you wash them the skin stays on.
        Location : Essex

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        • #5
          If you like to eat them with the soft skins hen steam them until the skins burst and enjoy with nice salty Irish butter

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          • #6
            It is also an old trick to leave to tubers on the ground for a sunny day or two to harden the skins, but this can expose them to pests!

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            • #7
              As Can says, eat them with the thin skins on with a dollop of butter and salt..yum!!
              I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives....


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