Potatoe Sacks

[KTM250]

Does anyone know if the bags that they give you for paper recycling are any good to store potatoes in, ours are white, but are made of the woven / hessian plastic material

Cheers Darren

[SarzWix]

Probably not - they'll let some light through, and the spuds will go green... Why not just use a sturdy cardboard box?

[kitchengardner]

Does anyone know if the bags that they give you for paper recycling are any good to store potatoes in, ours are white, but are made of the woven / hessian plastic material

Cheers Darren

I wouldn't, they are likely to "sweat" and go mouldy quickly. There is also the light problem as previously mentioned. You can use a cardboard box but I find they do fine simply put in a old wooden cupboard (with a few ventilation holes drilled in) in my garage. You can also buy paper sacks cheaply, just Google "Small Holder suppliers" to find local stockists

Hope this helps

Regards

kitchen Gardener

[Snadger]

Just ask at your local chip shop and they'll give you some of the paper sacks they get their spuds in for nowt!

[SarzWix]

Good idea Snadger!!

[kitchengardner]

Just ask at your local chip shop and they'll give you some of the paper sacks they get their spuds in for nowt!

unfortunately not a lot of those down this way and apparently they don't deliver sushi in paper sacks!

Regards

Kitchen Gardener

[Snadger]

I was gunna say 'ask your local chippie'...............but I thought some of yer Southerners might think "What the heck's a carpenter/joiner going to do with paper sacks?" Lol

[Snadger]

unfortunately not a lot of those down this way and apparently they don't deliver sushi in paper sacks!

Regards

Kitchen Gardener

Ah but you can use those little plastic packs as mini propagators!