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storing seed potatoes
« on: February 11, 2014, 07:34 »
i have bought some seed spuds that do not need planting until august, how should i go about storing them ?

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Re: storing seed potatoes
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2014, 08:08 »
You're going to have a heck of a job keeping them that long.

Are these intended for festive season new spuds? They don't usually go on sale until much later, or are you trying to keep seeds spuds intended for spring planting that long?
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: storing seed potatoes
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2014, 12:28 »
 :ohmy:why august !

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Re: storing seed potatoes
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2014, 15:06 »
they are maris peer Christmas, they was a rush buy before i went to work, i will plant them in march along with the rest :)

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Re: storing seed potatoes
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2014, 15:56 »
Have you actually got them?

T & M for instance have their dispatch dates down as "by the end of June".

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Re: storing seed potatoes
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2014, 17:40 »
ahhhhh i see now :) thanks for pointing that out, ive never brought seed potatoas before online  ::)

Daz


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