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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: rowlandwells on March 21, 2023, 18:00

Title: potatoes in tubs
Post by: rowlandwells on March 21, 2023, 18:00

I emptied some potatoes out our potato  tubs that have  been in there all winter and apart from rubbing off some small shoots they seemed fine still firm they where planted as first earlies and there are some pink fir apple all good but my wife seems to think we shouldn't eat them because there been there so long in the tubs so can anyone tell me if there still ok to eat

Title: Re: potatoes in tubs
Post by: mumofstig on March 21, 2023, 18:13

Course they are ok to eat  :D In the old days, and during the War, spuds used to be stored in an earthen clamp.

Title: Re: potatoes in tubs
Post by: rowlandwells on March 22, 2023, 18:36

thanks for your reply my wife is quite happy to use um now I told her they where ok but she wanted a second opinion  :D