[Audy70]

Hi all

I've just harvested my first lot of new potatoes ever and was wondering if it is normal for the original seed potato to be a mushy mess? The rest of the potatoes and plant look fine.

Thanks

[JayG]

Yes it is normal (poor thing, it deserves a bit more sympathy having used up all its resources to start growing the plant which produced all those offspring!  )

[Audy70]

Thanks Jay, being a novice, it scared me but I am grateful that they produced these lovely new potatoes.

[JayG]

Well done (good, innit?  )

[3759allen]

normal, especially with news.

most of the main seeds will have rotted away to nothing by time you harvest as they take longer to crop, especially if you leave them in the ground longer rather than storing them.