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    I dug a few plants up tonight and some of the white pots had nasty splits in them....dug up some reds too, but they were perfect. I planted them in front of the reds...so why have they split..?..I binned most of them...pic attached, not a very good one, sorry.

    Regards to all

    braders...
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    it's all to do with water I think. They get too much water in a burst and that causes them to split. They are still edible though just clean up the split

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    • #3
      I would go with SMS6. This splitting can occur if there is a prolonged dry spell followed by a lot of rain - and some varieties may be more prone than others.
      Rat

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      • #4
        Originally posted by sewer rat View Post
        I would go with SMS6. This splitting can occur if there is a prolonged dry spell followed by a lot of rain - and some varieties may be more prone than others.
        Its got to be the weather we are having at the moment then..?..thanks people.

        Cheers
        braders...

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        • #5
          Happened with my first early whites, Estima. Next row (Vanessa) were fine.

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          • #6
            It seems a terrible waste to bin perfectly good food. Remember not all home grown produce has the 'perfection' demanded by supermarkets. Would you also bin forked carrots?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by braders View Post
              ..I binned most of them..
              lol
              If you want perfect veg, you'd better get to Tesco
              they would've been fine sliced & diced, mashed, fried ...
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Ah now then- I have visions of braders head first in the bin retrieving the crop!!!

                ...don't waste them- I certainly wouldn't!
                I'm pretty sure they will store for a while too when the outer layer has dried off!
                "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                Location....Normandy France

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                • #9
                  It happens to mine a bit, they are in containers and we (sometimes) get quite dry weather, still eat em though.!
                  Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com

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                  • #10
                    I have had every thing on mine, slugs, eel worm, rats, splitting and a bit of blight. I still don't throw them away till I have retrieved what is edible. Dug two rows with terrible eel worm damage but still managed to get two days worth of chips out of them.

                    Ian

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                    • #11
                      I think if a variety has a high dry matter content it survives this sort of thing better than a variety with a high water content.
                      Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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