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  • 15-08-2010 2:15pm
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    john mayo 10
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    i planted home guards last march and started digging them last month. all was well until this week when the latest ones i dug had brown spots inside and were not fit to eat. i was told that these spots occured because the potatoes were in the ground to long. can anyone explain ?:confused:


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    Corsendonk
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    Was it this?


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    Blight that worked its way down from the potato top into the tuber. Usually you would cut off the foilage to the ground to avoid this happening.


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    reilig
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    Did you plant them in new ground or did you plant them in the same ground as last year???


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    john mayo 10
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭john mayo 10


    it was new ground thats what i cant understand


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    Corsendonk
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    Well if it wasn't blight, you usually smell it before you see it. Where the potatoes brown in the centre of the tuber? Could have been a minerial deficiency, usually shows up more in stored produce but homeguards season was over ages ago.


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    john mayo 10
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭john mayo 10


    yes the potatoes were brown in the centre they must have been going rotten


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