Potato sacks

[redser]

Hi, I'm just wondering if those woven rubble sacks you would get at a builders providers would be suitable for storing potatoes. I think they are made of woven plastic strands, rather than hessian.
They would be much cheaper.
Thanks!

[crannman]

think anything made from plastic would make potatoes sweat and rot

[redser]

That's my concern, but these are woven and have Air gaps as such.

[veggiechicken]

We used to get hessian sacks from pet food shops (free). Peanuts for birds were delivered in them!!

[WendyC]

I use thick paper sacks. I've had them nearly 10 years but might need to splash out on a few new ones this year!

[snohare]

The woven polypropylene sacks you can get are breathable, but not breathable enough - especially in warm weather, where the double layer of a paper sack insulates from temperature changes and therefore sweating.
I've tried wrapping individual tatties in newspaper, which seemed to work quite well - but it only takes one blighted tattie, and you have a terrible problem - you really cannot inspect them properly.

[VirginVegGrower]

They sell the hessian bags in Poundland or the other cheapo shops. In the gardening section.

[redser]

Thanks for the replies

[Two_Sheds]

Hi, I'm just wondering if those woven rubble sacks you would get at a builders providers would be suitable for storing potatoes.

No: they don't block the light, so the spuds would turn green

[redser]

Thanks. They would be in a dark shed. I'd say the weave would be as close as a hessian sack. Maybe you're thinking of a different type of sack?

[Two_Sheds]

I used the plastic weave rubble sacks (of which you speak) to bag up couch grass to rot down: the weave let too much light in, and the grass just continued growing

[redser]

Ok, thanks TS

[Aberdeenplotter]

I use thick paper sacks. I've had them nearly 10 years but might need to splash out on a few new ones this year!

don't splash out, ask your local chippie to keep you some

[WillyNelson]

I've got some before from my local greengrocer. Just asked them if they had any spare potato bags. Double layer, good & strong, designed for keeping potatoes in.