Spotty spuds

[MervF]

I cut the haulms off of my late potatoes due to the start of blight.   I dug one root to see what sort of crop there was and saw quite a lot of white spots on the tubers which rubs off quite easliy.   Can anybody tell me what it is and if they will be ok if I just rub it off and store them when dry

[MervF]

[MervF]

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[MervF]

Hope this link works:  http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/MervF/Spottyspuds.jpg

[Jayb]

Some of mine have been like that, from the wet conditions this year. You are not the only one to have problems with this http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,73055.msg747052.html#msg747052

This link show it close up http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/em/em8948-e.pdf

[Bubbles26]

I have this on all my spuds and it is chalk - do you have quite chalky soil?

Just a thought. :)

[MervF]

Thanks Jayb - very useful link and exactly my problem

I have this on all my spuds and it is chalk - do you have quite chalky soil?

Just a thought. :)

No Bubbles my soil is not chalky but thanks for the thought.   I expect it is just the amount of rain we have had.   I will go over later if there is no more rain and dig a few.

[Jayb]

Mine are on fairly heavy soil. It has affected some varieties but not others :-\

[Stevens706]

This happens sometimes in wet conditions, they are fine to eat after pealing you just cannot show them.

[chriscross1966]

They'll be fine, if you grow spuds in pots they nearly always have them due to the excess water at the bottom of the pot...not surpirsed they're turning up outdoors this year, some varieties are more likely to do it than others.... ROcket definitely is

[Gordonmull]

All of mine had them. They wash off easy. I just thought that was what freshly dug potatoes looked like  :-[

[Ru1]

Mine also had the spots.

After washing and cooking them they tasted fine.

Think it must be something to do with the very wet weather that we have had.

The few that we have left haven't gone soft or mouldy, so storage shouldn't be a problem once the potatoes are dry.