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Last Year's Potatoes

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  • 19-04-2020 11:53am
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    RiderOnTheStorm
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    I was going over some of my raised beds last week, and I guess I didn't pull up all of last years potatoes. Some plants have a few decent sized spuds on em. Question is, can I eat them ? Am concerned that they are last years forgotten tubers, and how early it is now. I need the space and hate to throw them away. There is only enough for 1 or 2 dinners, but I really like to eat my own produce....

    Any thoughts? Ta


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    tjjber
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    Same thing happened to me last year. I let them grow, earthed them up and added plenty of potato fertiliser. We had a fabulous crop that was earlier than normal. I made sure to dig them out completely at the end of the year though. I was afraid there might be issues with pests and diseases and depleted nutrients if I grew them again in the same place this year.


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    tjjber
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    Just realised you want to eat them now not use them as seed potatoes. I'm unsure whether it would be safe to eat them, I can't see why not as they have essentially just been stored for an extended period like most of the potatoes we eat from the supermarket (except in the ground)


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    bizidea
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    They will be perfect to eat


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    SouthWesterly
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    Why wouldn't you eat them? They'd be perfect.
    Just don't eat if green


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    RiderOnTheStorm
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    Right, going to eat them. If im not back in a few days, you will know it didn't go well! lol

    Thx everyone


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    Hocus Focus
    Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭Hocus Focus


    RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »
    Right, going to eat them. If im not back in a few days, you will know it didn't go well! lol

    Thx everyone
    Eat and then self-isolate:)


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    tjjber
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/113206785#Comment_113206785

    Obviously didn't go well. RIP 💀



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    amandstu
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    Will he/she need earthing up now?



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