potato blight is it the brown marks

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potato blight is it the brown marks
« on: August 01, 2013, 14:18 »
Is potato blight the brown marks on the skin of my potatoes and is it still ok to eat them?
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Re: potato blight is it the brown marks
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2013, 14:25 »
If your top foliage was ok it isn't blight - a photo might help  ;)

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Re: potato blight is it the brown marks
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2013, 14:59 »

If only on the surface it sounds like potato scab.  Still edible after peeling.  Brown areas within the potato is a problem called spraing, not nice to look at but still edible.

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