Thin skin on potatoes

[benb89]

My Maris pipers are showing all signs of being ready, everything above ground has died back and they look to be a good size, however the skins are very thin, so thin they can be peeled with a finger nail. Do they need to be left in the soil longer? Or is this just how they're going to be?

[Rocketron]

Once they are out of the ground and in storage, the skins will toughen up.
I think.

[burnie]

Farmers leave tatties in the ground to "harden" them for storage up here, if you only have a few you wish eat quite quickly, then eat them now, just like a Jersey Royal(or similar) the skins are soft on new potatoes.

[Jungle Jane]

Yes cut off all the leaves & leave them in the soil then the skins thicken up,then when you wash them the skin stays on.

[Can the Man]

If you like to eat them with the soft skins hen steam them until the skins burst and enjoy with nice salty Irish butter

[ESBkevin]

It is also an old trick to leave to tubers on the ground for a sunny day or two to harden the skins, but this can expose them to pests!

[Tripmeup]

As Can says, eat them with the thin skins on with a dollop of butter and salt..yum!!