Comments on: Digging Up and Storing Potatoes for the Winter

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:29:56 +0000

Oh boy, I guess I’m not sure. I’ve never tried growing potatoes indoors before so I’m not sure if it would work.

By: Patrick Mercado

Patrick Mercado — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:02:57 +0000

I had potatoes growing out side but the locusts got to them & they all died. I dug up the potatoes that had grown from the plants and put them in plastic containers in my house with topsoil & peat moss mix to grow inside. I bought 2 indoor growing lights & leave the light on from about 7 am to about 8-9 pm every day. The potatoes started growing but then died after about a month. I figured since its winter they might hibernate ?? & left them in the soil. I was wondering if you might be able to tell me if that was a good idea & what I might could do to grow plants inside. thanks :)

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:59:14 +0000

I don’t think I’d eat it if it has turned brown. If it’s simply squishy, that won’t hurt anything, but stinky and/or brown means that it’s rotten.

By: Kandace

Kandace — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:49:04 +0000

Hi there!
I was wondering can you tell me how to tell when a red potatoe is rotted? Besides smell what does it look like? Is it safe if it’s completely brown?

By: Steve J. Wilcox

Steve J. Wilcox — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:23:44 +0000

I have used my left over red potatoes for seed a couple of times, but they didn’t yield as much nor were they as big as I usually grow. I buy new certified seed each year and I always have a good crop with huge potatoes.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:10:40 +0000

Here’s how I freeze potatoes: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/make-your-own-frozen-hashbrowns

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:05:39 +0000

I am trying to find out if anyone has successfully frozen their potatoes?? If so please advise? The reason i am asking is because some of my potatoes have a small bit of damage by the fork etc and I dont want to waste the good bits any ideas would be welcome.

By: lorraine doo

lorraine doo — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:10:07 +0000

wooohooooo. we just dug our potatoes up. a bunch from our container and many from a potatoe patch in the garden. We had a wonderful successful first crop of maybe 100 potatoes! i made chips of course (french fries tto you americans) as they are my specialty. fabulous. and now am glad for the guidance on storage. i really hope we can keep them for months; that will be grand. thank you and good luck all!

By: Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:11:45 +0000

Thanks for the timely post. I’m just getting ready to dig up my own potatoes, and had just a vague memory about hardening them off somehow. Thanks again.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:53:14 +0000

Shucks, I’m sorry I can’t help – I don’t have a magazine, so you must have the wrong person here. I’d love to have that information too once you find it!! :)