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Scab-resistant potatoes?
I grew potatoes for the first time this year, and was thrilled by the
flavour of the Red Epicure served less than an hour after lifting. Yum. (Ratte is less impressive.) Unfortunately, we're on chalk and almost every potato has what I think is scab: rough brown patches, raised above the adjacent smooth skin. Some tubers were completely covered by it; I scraped it off and cooked them anyway, but I'd like to avoid it or at least decrease the incidence in future. Growing in containers is one option, but are there any well-flavoured scab-resistant varieties? I've read that planting into grass-cuttings and mulching with grass-cuttings is a good idea; does anyone know if this works? regards sarah -- Waist deep, neck deep We'll be drowning before too long We're neck deep in the Big Muddy And the damned fools keep yelling to push on |
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