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Freshly dug new potatoes. Brown spots - for the bin or good to go?

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poopscoop · 10/07/2009 11:35

I have 4 sets of lovely new potatoes and one set which has brown spots, are they diseased or still edible. I am wondering if I left them too long in the ground and they were growing skins as in main crop styly.

Any ideas?
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poopscoop · 10/07/2009 13:00

bump

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Takver · 10/07/2009 13:06

Brown spots on the inside or the outside?
On the outside - perfectly normal. Eat
On the inside - cut them out - then eat. Also perfectly normal tho less desirable

poopscoop · 10/07/2009 14:05

Brown spots only on the outside, just look like scabs, but think if i peeled them there would be nothing underneath.

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Takver · 10/07/2009 14:42

It probably is potato scab - pic here, its not really much of a problem.

poopscoop · 10/07/2009 14:57

oh thanks for that takver, that is identical expect mine are seperate spots so obv not quite so severe. we shall eat them then!

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