Are these potatoes ok?

[Owdboggy]

I never recommended leaving them in the ground, but ones which are missed are just as edible as those properly stored in our experience.

 

[marlingardener]

Those potatoes look fine to me (actually better than some I've seen at the grocery).
Rajesh, we love sweet potatoes, too! They are so cheap around here that we don't grow them, but we sure eat them. Have you ever had them roasted with apple slices? It makes a great combination.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Those potatoes look fine to me (actually better than some I've seen at the grocery).
Rajesh, we love sweet potatoes, too! They are so cheap around here that we don't grow them, but we sure eat them. Have you ever had them roasted with apple slices? It makes a great combination.

Will try it, I usually have it simply boiled or in mixed veg curry.

 

[headfullofbees]

I never recommended leaving them in the ground, but ones which are missed are just as edible as those properly stored in our experience.

One of the old methods of keeping potatoes from one season until the next crop was ready, was to 'clamp' them. This involved burying the potatoes back in the soil and leaving them there until needed. They would keep this way for nearly 12 months. So what is the difference between that and finding some left in the soil over winter? I cannot see any.

 

[Owdboggy]

There is a big difference between storing potatoes in a specially prepared clamp and just leaving them in the ground. This is getting silly so I am not going to answer any more comments on this.

 

[willyg]

i am still maybe not gonna eat them just incase i get sick somehow but this years harvest i will feast on!
if the farmers round here are spraying their potatoes, it must mean we are all eating the chemicals in our supermarket foods, am i right?
so i might look into natural alternatives, thanks for all the suggestions guys and i have another question

do i have to earth this years potatoes up if i grow them under weed cover fabric?

 

[headfullofbees]

No.
The fabric will keep them from going green.
You will, however, need to have an alternative means of protecting the foliage should frost threaten, say horticultural fleece, and not earthing up may mean a smaller harvest of main-crop potatoes.