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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: aquilegia on September 24, 2010, 15:33:58

Title: scabby spuds
Post by: aquilegia on September 24, 2010, 15:33:58
I started digging my desiree yesterday. Got over 13lb from 4 plants, so far, so I'm very pleased. One of the tubers weighed in at 1lb 9oz!

Anyway - some of them have scab. Will they store?
Title: Re: scabby spuds
Post by: Fork on September 24, 2010, 15:45:08
The scab is only skin deep...rub it off and they will store just fine!
Title: Re: scabby spuds
Post by: Flighty on September 24, 2010, 17:23:43
I don't rub the scab off before storing mine.  However do make sure that the potatoes are really dry and check every so often that they're still okay.
Title: Re: scabby spuds
Post by: artichoke on September 25, 2010, 16:17:15
Some of my Sarpos are very scabby indeed and more than skin deep. Unless it is something else, though I have looked it up and it matches the more extreme pictures. I am quite sure the worst will not store, so am eating them first.

I do carefully dry out the smoother ones, and am expecting them to store.