Posted by Apples on August 20, 2010, 1:54 pm
Never really noticed it before this year, but a few times I have
boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more they
boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
Anything to worry about and why?
Posted by harry on August 20, 2010, 3:30 pm
> Never really noticed it before this year, but a few times I have
> boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more they
> boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
> Anything to worry about and why?
Blight.
Posted by Ian B on August 20, 2010, 5:14 pm
harry wrote:
>> Never really noticed it before this year, but a few times I have
>> boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more
>> they boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
>> Anything to worry about and why?
> Blight.
Is that always the cause of black marks? I now feel quite ill at some spuds
I've eaten.
Talking of which, I got a bag of king edwards a while ago from Sainsburys
that had something very wrong with them; sort of raised roundels that looked
like craters on an asteroid. I tried cooking a couple (yes, I am rather dim)
and they tasted horrible. I don't know anything about potato diseases, but
there was definitely something weird there, like some kind of scab or
something.
Ian
Posted by harry on August 21, 2010, 4:23 am
> harry wrote:
> >> Never really noticed it before this year, but a few times I have
> >> boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more
> >> they boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
> >> Anything to worry about and why?
> > Blight.
> Is that always the cause of black marks? I now feel quite ill at some spuds
> I've eaten.
> Talking of which, I got a bag of king edwards a while ago from Sainsburys
> that had something very wrong with them; sort of raised roundels that looked
> like craters on an asteroid. I tried cooking a couple (yes, I am rather dim)
> and they tasted horrible. I don't know anything about potato diseases, but
> there was definitely something weird there, like some kind of scab or
> something.
> Ian
Scab is what it's called. All benefits of organic farming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_blight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdery_scab
Or if you want a comprehensive list of everything that can go wrong:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_potato_diseases
Don't worry, you won't die. :-)
Posted by alan.holmes on August 21, 2010, 1:53 pm
> harry wrote:
>>> Never really noticed it before this year, but a few times I have
>>> boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more
>>> they boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
>>> Anything to worry about and why?
>>
>> Blight.
> Is that always the cause of black marks? I now feel quite ill at some
> spuds I've eaten.
> Talking of which, I got a bag of king edwards a while ago from Sainsburys
> that had something very wrong with them; sort of raised roundels that
> looked like craters on an asteroid. I tried cooking a couple (yes, I am
> rather dim) and they tasted horrible. I don't know anything about potato
> diseases, but there was definitely something weird there, like some kind
> of scab or something.
I trust you took them back!
Alan
> Ian
>
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> boiled potatoes they start developing black marks/stains the more they
> boil. The spuds looked clean with no blights after I peel them.
> Anything to worry about and why?