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    Potato - blisters on tubers

    Hi folks,

    Just emptied a couple sacks of pink fir, and approx half of the tubers have blisters on them. They're potato under the blister, so I'm not sure if it's scab.. could it potentially be a sort of wart virus?

    Any reason for them not to be edible, if I cut the blisters off?





    TIA!
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    the pictures aren't working!
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      How strange, it's loading for me.. Wonder if the host filter by country. I'll download and attach them when I get 5 mins!

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      • #4
        Yuk, Chris! Glad you said it was a potato as I might have thought it was something else

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        • #5
          Right, added them as attachments too.

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          • #6
            I find this on most of my soil grown potatoes (not so much on the buckets) and was told in the past by some knowledgable folk on her that is it most likely due to erratic watering. And with our weathe the past few seasons - it makes sense.
            Still edible, but they don't store very well.

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            • #7
              Ah, I did read similar thanks janeyo.. which would have been when we had the hot spell..

              I think I'll peel them

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              • #8
                Originally posted by chris View Post
                How strange, it's loading for me.. Wonder if the host filter by country. I'll download and attach them when I get 5 mins!
                Don't think it's anything to do with country Chris, I can see the pics.
                'fraid I can't help on the potato blisters though
                A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                • #9
                  Can you do a macro shot of the black area Chris,that may be wart developing

                  Have a read of .......... http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/...sheets/pwd.pdf
                  He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                  Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                  • #10
                    It's not a good look tho.
                    Ali

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                    One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French

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                    • #11
                      Yup, can do - but probably not until the weekend (am knocking a wall down after work up until the weekend! - so doubt i'll have change to find my slr - everything is in boxes!!)

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                      • #12
                        No growths like that on the root system, nor is it just coming from the eyes though! Cool pics mind

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                        • #13
                          Cool,was the black colouring that concerned me,I got the brown scab from erratic watering this year I obviously need a better regime for watering them in tubs
                          He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                          Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                          • #14
                            I think the black might have been compost, it was late and I only quickly rinsed it I'll have another look when I get chance and take a better photo

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                            • #15
                              Did you ever get to the bottom of this one?

                              I've just harvested some spuds showing exactly the same features. Only a small number are affected, and it scraps off easily, but would be good to find a reason to stop it in the future.
                              The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
                              William M. Davies

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