found some of last years spuds

[janeyo]

in the garden, can I eat them? They look fine
No idea how I missed them.

[piskieinboots]

When we moved into this quarter (Aug 07) I found 6kg of red (?) spuds hiding in the borders and knowing how long the quarter had been empty - they would have been almost 18 months old.

They were perfect

Spuds are so easy to miss if you aren't rootling/fertling/turning over (oops sorry, Rugby term) etc properly

Enjoy

[janeyo]

Cool, that's tonight tea then , might make them into spicy wedges.

[ken smith]

Provided they are firm eat them. You will find no matter how careful you are you will always miss some.

[janeyo]

They are firm. One has a tiny hole but I will cut out whatever is lurking...

Very excited, as all the rest were eaten before august!

[SueA]

I found some last year in early spring which I'd been growing supposedly for Christmas & forgot about, they were lovely! It's just as though they've been kept in a cold store for a few months which is what a lot of people do with veg. through the winter so they should be fine.

[Flummery]

And any you miss now will become those annoying 'volunteers' that pop up in the middle of your broad beans!

[magz.mccarthy]

My lazy neighbour only dug up his last years potatoes last weekend. He said they were the tastiest thing he ever had, and he's still alive and well. Go for it!

[lynda66]

i dug the last of last years tatties up a couple of weeks ago, they were delicious

[Snadger]

I've purposely left some in as an experiment.......dug some up last week they were fine.............might even keep a few that are hens egg size and use them as seed tatties for this year!

[Flummery]

The only drawback is if you have a serious slug problem. Then you'll find them full of holes if you leave them. Generally speaking they keep well in the soil - a bit like putting things in a clamp.

[maytreefrannie]

I've purposely left some in as an experiment.......dug some up last week they were fine.............might even keep a few that are hens egg size and use them as seed tatties for this year!

I found a few tiny spuds in the earth emptied from the Spuds-for-Christmas bin (just got a few from that) and - having read Snadger's post - now I'm thinking of using them for planting.

[Snadger]

I found a few tiny spuds in the earth emptied from the Spuds-for-Christmas bin (just got a few from that) and - having read Snadger's post - now I'm thinking of using them for planting.

By all means experiment frannie but for goodness sake don't use them as you ONLY source of spuds for this year.............buy a few seed tatties and compare the difference as an experiment!

[lynda66]

i've saved my ultra mini spuds to plant, if i can find a spare corner, hardly worth eating something 5p piece sized, so thought i'd plant em and see what happens

[BrideXIII]

i emptied some buckets from last year............ major spudage, all the small ones are going for seeds.

gotta love spuds they just go and go