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How long after harvesting potatoes Can you eat them?

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Harvest “new” potatoes, small ones with tender skin, 2 to 3 weeks after plants stop flowering. Eat new potatoes within a few days (curing is not necessary); they will not keep for much longer. Harvest larger, mature potatoes 2 to 3 weeks after the foliage has died back. Cut down the brown foliage.


Can you eat potatoes as soon as you dig them up?

Can you eat potatoes right after harvest? Sure can! While we recommend curing them for long-term storage, freshly-dug potatoes are perfect for eating right out of the ground (maybe clean them off a bit first).

When can you eat freshly harvested potatoes?

New potatoes are small, tender potatoes that are harvested and eaten right away. They do not store well. Harvest new potatoes when the plants are finished flowering by digging around the edges of the plant with a garden fork and levering up the bundle of potatoes to expose them.

Can you leave potatoes in the ground too long?

Generally speaking, storing potatoes in the ground is not the most recommended method, especially for any long term storage. Leaving the tubers in the ground under a heavy layer of dirt that may eventually become wet will most certainly create conditions that will either rot the potato or encourage sprouting.

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