Potato harvest!

[Maximuspotato]

Hello and evening everyone.

Ive just dug up my first ever home grown potatoes (maris piper). The plant died off a while ago so there werent any leaves /plant left above ground.

I think they all look good to eat? (see photo) apart from one tiny potatoe (see other photo).

Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong with that one tiny potato and the growths on it, and if the rest will be safe to eat?

Thank you very much

 

[Lincs Lass]

Look like eggs of some sort ,,are they soft and squidgy or hard

 

[Maximuspotato]

No they are firm and hard and do look like more of a growth /growing on/from the potatoe

 

[melted welly]

Bin it, no idea what it is, but it looks weird.

Youve grown a lovely looking sample there by the way, was that just in soil or a compost mix? Immaculate skins, good job!

 

[Maximuspotato]

Thanks for the comment! The rest of them do all actually look quite nice! I just used regular multi compost on one of those black material type bags!

Does anyone else know what the little growths / nodules are and if the rest will be ok to eat (that ome little one was the only one with it on!)

 

[Lincs Lass]

Something called Lenticels ,too much watering ,

White Spots on Potatoes Lenticels & Potato Stem Rot

What are those white spots on the potatoes? White spots on potatoes are a reaction to excess water, swollen lenticels, not a disease. More information.

www.allotment-garden.org

 

[melted welly]

Hard to see in pic, but I don’t think it looks like raised lenticels. They tend to be whiter, less raised and less clustered whereas the things in the pic look more opaque and egg like.

Can you pick some off, see if they’re part of the tuber or just stuck to the skin? Leave it in a warm place and see what happens.

 

[Maximuspotato]

I picked a couple off, definitely seem like theyve grown from/on the potato and not am egg. Ive attached another photo, what do you think...

 

[Hindsight]

Hello and evening everyone.

Ive just dug up my first ever home grown potatoes (maris piper). The plant died off a while ago so there werent any leaves /plant left above ground.

I think they all look good to eat? (see photo) apart from one tiny potatoe (see other photo).

Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong with that one tiny potato and the growths on it, and if the rest will be safe to eat?

Thank you very much

Deadly. Get them thrown away before they kill you and get to your local Sainsburys and buy some proper farmer grown Potatoes.

 

[Hindsight]

Just teasing

 

[glasshouse]

Deadly. Get them thrown away before they kill you and get to your local Sainsburys and buy some proper farmer grown Potatoes.

In a plastic bag

 

[Maximuspotato]

Haha, is everyone basically saying that the rest of them will be fine to eat?

 

[glasshouse]

Haha, is everyone basically saying that the rest of them will be fine to eat?

Try one and see

 

[Maximuspotato]

I would prefer if anyone who is able to help tell me either way could let me know their honest opinion on eating the ones that look fine.

Thank you very much in advance

 

[glasshouse]

I would prefer if anyone who is able to help tell me either way could let me know their honest opinion on eating the ones that look fine.

Thank you very much in advance

Whats the worst that can happen?

 

[Maximuspotato]

I would really appreciate someones opinion.

Thank you

 

[melted welly]

I would really appreciate someones opinion.

Thank you

those other 2 pics are much clearer, it’s just scab. Nothing to worry about at all.

 

[Exfarmer]

They are absolutely fine, even the little one, . Pipers are a good universal potato can be baked boiled or sauteed

 

[Northern territory]

Pipers are known for scab, nothing to worry about.

 

[TheTallGuy]

Nothing obviously wrong with the bulk of the crop, I often see those nodules on smaller/under developed tatties.