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potatoes

Hi there i have just found the 2 bags of seed potatoes in the cupboard :o they have a mass of shoots covering them. Can i snap off the shoots and still use or have they gone past the best?

thanks for your help

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  • It is possible they were treated with an anti-fungal dressing so if you mean eat them no I wouldn't like to :eek:. Plant them yes. :D It doesn't matter if they have long shoots just put them in the best light you have until planting as normal. If there are too many and they are very long you can rub those unwanted shoots off. You would get more larger potatoes but less total yield I think.
    No longer half of Optimisticpair


  • LJM
    LJM Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    thanks for this i was just looking at mine in the shed as not yet planted them up they have tons of long shoots on
    :xmastree:Is loving life right now,yes I am a soppy fool who believes in the simple things in life :xmastree:
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