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Storing seed potatoes, bulbs and seeds

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PoppySausage · 29/01/2015 20:13

I have no storage to speak of apart from 2 heavy duty plastic boxes / benches (wood effect type, lockable)

Can I store seeds, potatoes, bulbs in there? Not sure if they will get too cold. There is no danger of frost on them but will the temperature effect them?

My potatoes are in small plastic boxes and my seeds are in a metal seed tin.

The house is so warm I am trying to work out which will do the most damage!

Help!

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PoppySausage · 29/01/2015 21:46

Bump! The snow has arrived and I have left the seeds out there in the box and brought the bulbs and potatoes in

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Ferguson · 29/01/2015 22:44

The main risk with plastic containers, I would think, is that they might trap condensation or dampness, and that is about the last thing you want.

If you have brought them indoors, keep in the coldest room you have got.

So do you know when you are planning to plant the seed potatoes and bulbs? Bulbs, I would have thought, should already have been planted.

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PoppySausage · 29/01/2015 23:51

Thanks for the help Ferguson

The bulbs are Anastasia Lily and gladioli, plus onion sets, planting from February onwards (once we have thawed out!)

I have decided just to chit the potatoes rather than risk frost damage

Being brave and leaving the seeds as they are in a tin, in packets... Will keep checking for condensation, hasn't thought of that.

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