[rictic]

Just checked on my (chitting) spuds in shed and noticed a couple with foam bubbles coming out of them, are they a self cleaning variety or something more sinister?

Keep the faith

Rictic.

[mumofstig]

Whoa! don't like the sound of that Do they smell 'orrible as well?

[richyrich7]

Sounds bad to me, I've never had bubbling spuds where did you get them from ??

[Trillium]

Sounds like they're rotting from inside and need replacing. Hope you can find more quickly.

[Chuffy]

Hmmmm. I had a bag of Charlotte seed spuds from the Organic Catalogue. Nearly all of them have rotted in the shed, despite being in dry egg trays and in a frost free space. Have your spuds gone soft and mushy too?

[Yorkie]

If they've gone mushy in the shed, it probably wasn't quite as frost-free as you thought, as that sounds like frost damage to me.

[peterjf]

the spuds that are foaming are blown , no good , they are damaged inside get rid in the dust bin at home

[horsepooisgood]

Oh dear, bin em

[rictic]

Hmmmm. I had a bag of Charlotte seed spuds from the Organic Catalogue. Nearly all of them have rotted in the shed, despite being in dry egg trays and in a frost free space. Have your spuds gone soft and mushy too?

I think it is some I forgot about that were left in car boot for a few days during some very cold weather.

Sounds bad to me, I've never had bubbling spuds where did you get them from ??

[Rampant_Weasel]

i made that mistake last year, the frost has got them.u will have to chuck em and get some more.
i lost 3 bags last year liek that and the ones that survived tasted orrible when i harvested them.
chalk it up to experience and a lesson learned.

[Chuffy]

I'm working on the assumption that it wasn't the frost. It wasn't that bad down here in Devon. The most likely culprits are the apples that I had in storage right by the spuds. They were russets which aren't renowned for their keeping qualities. The gas that they were giving off (ethylyne?) probably hastened the rotting of the spuds.

IIRC, a couple of ripe apples or bananananas will ripen green tomatoes, so a few spuds wouldn't stand a chance...

[titch]

I was pretty cold here last few nights chuffy, looking at your location i cant be too far away from you, had frost a couple of mornings here
sorry your spuds are kaput tho - will yu be able to get some more?

[Chuffy]

I was pretty cold here last few nights chuffy, looking at your location i cant be too far away from you, had frost a couple of mornings here
sorry your spuds are kaput tho - will yu be able to get some more?

I probably won't bother to be honest. I didn't have much luck growing spuds last year and we don't really eat that many anyway. They seem like a lot of work and fiddling for what you get back. They take up loads of space too. I'd rather grow more butternut squash or beans.

<prepares to be stoned as a veg growing heretic>

[mumofstig]

Here comes a stone
Seriously you grow what you want.........doesn't matter what anybody else thinks

[Rampant_Weasel]

how about compromising and grow just one bag of first early?
just a thought..