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    Saving spuds for seed from blighted plants

    hi,
    Got blight, cut back halums, left the spuds in the ground for a couple of weeks and have dug up whatever was there. I want to keep some for seed for next year 'if possible'. If the spuds got infected should I expect to see them rot or some other sign before next year? Or can they store ok but still have blight and be bad to use?
    Thanks
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  • #2
    Big no from me - sorry.

    I usually get potatoes growing from others left in the ground that weren't dug up. But if I knew I'd had blight the year before I'd be pulling them up. If I know I haven't had blight the year before, I leave them.

    I'd definitely not keep knowingly blighted spuds for next year's seeds potatoes.

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    • #3
      Blight survives on living plant tissue (spuds left in the ground, for example)


      Blighted tubers will turn black, slimy and stinking ... it's very obvious
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Thanks a lot. I'll just eat them so

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