Is this a good price?

csarina

A 25kg sack is £4.50 at our local farm shop.

liney

My farm shop charge £7.90 for Maris Pipers.(25kg) I need to find a veg man methinks.

Penelope_Penguin

Rikki wrote:

I pay £5 for a sack of WILJA.

Sorry Penelope Penguin its looking like a draw.

Ya, boo Not that I'm competetive, or anything

Csarina's now in the lead!

Penny. x

LJM

ours are about £7 for a sack here too,that does seem awfully expensive

cobbingstones

Nope definately 2.5kg! That's oxfordshire prices for you!

MM

Linda32

Can I ask please, how do you stop them from sprouting as I'd love to know.

I can only buy 3 or 4 at a time, and I mean 3 or 4 potatoes not Kg's as they sprout so quickly. Thats if I'm going to use them within 2-3 days.

I keep them in our dry, dark, frost free enclosed entry in a cardboard box, with brown paper over the top.

Our seed potatoes chitted by themselves in the same environment.

V.Lucky

Try keeping them in a garage or outhouse instead in the original potato sack. They do like the cold and dark.

mouseymousey99

£5.50 here for a sack of red ones, only 2 of us but every meal featuring tatties!!!!

Three_Dancing_Dragons

Linda32 wrote:

I keep them in our dry, dark, frost free enclosed entry in a cardboard box, with brown paper over the top.

If it is frost free it may be too warm for them. Is there a radiator nearby? Lakeland makes a special cotton potato bag which keeps mine for ages in a kitchen cupboard even though I thought the kitchen would be too warm. Turn regularly to let them breathe also.

lil_me

madsmum wrote:

Nope definately 2.5kg! That's oxfordshire prices for you!

MM

Now that is absolutely crazy! I'd want them gold plated for that!