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Post by teatime on Jul 8, 2006 22:04:39 GMT -6
I grew red skin potatos and did not have a very good year. But the odd thing is that the best looking plants had bumps all over the potatos. What are these and what causes them?
Mike
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Post by douglas on Jul 9, 2006 2:47:17 GMT -6
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 9, 2006 5:17:11 GMT -6
Were the bumps a bad thing, or were they just there? I've had some with bumps on em before, and some were in real crazy shapes. I think that was due to some real hard ground I was growing in fer the first year. |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jul 9, 2006 6:01:04 GMT -6
Pictures would be neeeded for a diagnosis, or lok up these three possibilities:
root knot nematode
Potato Wart (serious problem)
Too much (excessive) rain/watering.
Crazy, yes, clay or hard soils will cause anything from no potatoes, to some real hard to peel spuds.
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 9, 2006 6:13:05 GMT -6
 Why would you peel a spud  THAT'S where all the vitamins and minerals are!!!! Just my thoughts 
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Post by teatime on Jul 9, 2006 11:40:56 GMT -6
Okay, lets hope we can see this.  Mike |
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Post by teatime on Jul 9, 2006 11:43:22 GMT -6
The one on the right is smooth on the top then gets bumpy as it goes down. If you look along the edges of the potatoes you can see how they stick out. Thanks for looking.
Mike
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Jul 9, 2006 20:43:54 GMT -6
Looks like the eyes of the potatoes to me. That is where the sprouts come from. I have a couple of sweet potatoes that look like that. In fact, one has a sprout about 5 inches long.
U R right crazy. Why dod people peel them potaotes. Just wash them off.
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Post by douglas on Jul 10, 2006 19:54:04 GMT -6
Did you cut into one to see inside |
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Post by teatime on Jul 10, 2006 20:35:12 GMT -6
good idea, let you know tomarrow.
Mike
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Post by teatime on Jul 11, 2006 19:27:53 GMT -6
Okay, I cut into one and it looks normal. These little bumps are potato, not a forigen growth. If I peeled the potato you would never know they where there. I don't think it's hurting anything, just never seen anything like it.
Mike
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 11, 2006 19:34:18 GMT -6
Your tators are phine buddy,  Those are just eyes starting to sprout a bit. Some oph ours that we store do that. But we eat em and their phine. |
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Post by douglas on Jul 11, 2006 19:40:54 GMT -6
I also think they are fine, you should see some of the ones I dig in late summer  |
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Post by crazy1 on Jul 11, 2006 19:43:26 GMT -6
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Post by douglas on Jul 11, 2006 19:47:22 GMT -6
alot of mine look like dis  |
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Post by Laura on Jul 11, 2006 20:20:10 GMT -6
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Post by douglas on Jul 11, 2006 20:48:09 GMT -6
The skins are great with butter and sour cream  |
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Post by trudy on Jul 12, 2006 4:46:02 GMT -6
Baked with a little cheddar cheese on them is good to. Have some Pinto beans ready in the crock pot, yum. trudy
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Post by douglas on Jul 12, 2006 4:53:29 GMT -6
Don't forget to drop a lil bacon in dem beans |
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