All Year Round Tatties

A._Badger

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

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No one has commented on the potato "clamp" method 1 outlined earlier, it was the age old method of the serious allotment holder and still works today, storing them for all year consumption is the secret rather that expecting to be able to grow them all year round.

The clamp is, as you say, the traditional method of storing potatoes. But that's the point - it is storing them. In effect they are no different from those you will buy in a shop, which have also been stored.

I suspect the OP had some idea of harvesting freshly dug new potatoes all year round. I still think he hasn't a hope in hell.

cyclonebri1

A._Badger wrote: »

The clamp is, as you say, the traditional method of storing potatoes. But that's the point - it is storing them. In effect they are no different from those you will buy in a shop, which have also been stored.

I suspect the OP had some idea of harvesting freshly dug new potatoes all year round. I still think he hasn't a hope in hell.

So do I, but I was being more compassionate:D

The potato clamp simply allows you to hold them in the ground longer, far different from being in a Dutch cold store.