Is this how boards works now?

beveragelady

I keep seeing threads that work like this...

Question: I have planted potatoes and I'm looking for a way to store them once they're ready to be dug up. It needs to be mouse-proof and preferably airtight. Any suggestions?

Answer: Why didn't you plant parsnips? They're nicer and you'd get a higher yield.
Answer: Don't use a spade to dig them up, use a fork.
Answer: Use poison to stop the mice from eating them.
Answer: Put them in a container.
Answer: You don't need somewhere to store them. What you need to do is invest in a commercial deep-fryer and make cast quantities of artisan crisps. Sell the crisps at festivals.
Answer: Don't use a fork to dig them up, use a shovel.
Answer: You're an amateur, you shouldn't have been allowed near a garden.
Answer: Shovels and spades are best.
Answer: The most important thing about growing potatoes is to watch out for blight.
Answer: Have you considered storing them in some sort of container? That's what we do and it works.
Answer: Don't bother storing them. It makes more sense to get a stall at a farmers' market and sell them there. I have thirty years' experience in farmers' markets, I know what I'm talking about.
Answer: OP, use a fork to dig them up and then store them somewhere safe. This is what you need. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spear-Jackson-Elements-Digging-Fork/dp/B002W6YYUM.
Answer: Seriously OP, you need to stop wasting your time with potatoes. Parsnips are the solution to your problem. You get a better price at farmers' markets for parsnips.


I have had some really excellent advice from boards too, from people who know what they're talking about, but that somehow makes the useless stuff
more annoying.

PirateShampoo

Irish and their potatoes.

Barry Badrinath

Why didnt you post this in Feedback?

ShatterProof

Shove them up your hole

beveragelady

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Why didnt you post this in Feedback?

Perfect!

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Stop whingeing and make us a cuppa.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It depends on where you post the question. That particular one would have been answered honestly and expertly in the Gardening forum, for example.

Barry Badrinath

beveragelady wrote: »

Perfect!

LOL

AlmightyCushion

Don't use a spade to dig them up, use a fork.

Was it not always like that.

alberto67

beveragelady wrote: »

Perfect!

See... you didn't answer the question. Is this how boards works now?

Benjamin Buttons

I'm not sure if AH would be the most suitable place to ask about potatoes and the digging and storing thereof.

To paraphrase Fr. Jack: ''That would be an agricultural matter'

Cervantes2

??

Esel

Hydroponics is the future of potatoes and other plants of the deadly nightshade family.

Mint Sauce

Have you tried the Fruit and Veg forum OP?

me_irl

Why didn't you plant parsnips? They're nicer and you'd get a higher yield.

alberto67

Try the nutrition and diet forum OP.

hatrickpatrick

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Don't use a spade to dig them up, use a fork.

Compromise and use a spork

mezzz

does the meal come with potatoes?

limnam

Just wait till you find spots on your willeh

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Esel wrote: »

Hydroponics is the future of potatoes and other plants of the deadly nightshade family.

They are in the nightshade family. Deadly nightshade is just one species and not a family.

Liamalone

Don't use a fork to dig them up, use a spade.

osarusan

Esel wrote: »

Hydroponics

I love that band.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Liamalone wrote: »

Don't use a fork to dig them up, use a spade.

Compromise and use a spork

Esel

Nehemiah Noisy Eel wrote: »

They are in the nightshade family. Deadly nightshade is just one species and not a family.

Ah here - I knew you would correct me!

What's your opinion on hydroponics?

OldMrBrennan83

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ShatterProof wrote: »

Shove them up your hole

See, that's where you've been going wrong, you're supposed to shove them DOWN your hole.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Esel wrote: »

Ah here - I knew you would correct me!

What's your opinion on hydroponics?

New age hippy nonsense. Grand for watercress but I like a bit of muck on my spuds.

Poor Uncle Tom

Forget spuds and parsnips, Carsnips is whee the future is, ftw.........;)

GhostyMcGhost

When a question starts with “does anyone know...”

Yeah someone does know and it’s usually not some random lads on boards

Does anyone know know why my welfare payment was stopped?

WTF?! Like what are you going to do, head to the welfare office and tell them billy95 on boards told them they had to reinstate payments?!

What time does Harvey Norman close at? Eh.....

Or better.....

Q: Is PC World open today?

A: Yes definitely was there last Sunday

A: No, I went last Sunday and it was closed

Great, what then??? If only there was some way to search the internet for a phone number and use the least used function on your smartphone to actually call someone

.... like people are just becoming so lazy! It’s boards not f’in Wikipedia

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

It’s boards not f’in Wikipedia

Ah now, it's often more accurate than Wikipedia, in fairness.