Why have all the Maris piper potatoes in the stores have brown blotches on them? Any clever people know?
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I bought some the other day on offer because they were starting to sprout. I didn't notice brown blotches but probably just cut them out while removing the sprouts and pealing them. And they were wonderful.
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A lovely spud all the same
Could be quite a few things but this year it could be Brown spot disease which is made worse when the potatoes are put under stress during dry conditions.
Other causes could be blight or cold!
Other causes could be blight or cold!
Bailey58
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Lack of rain like the rest of the garden.
denisejoe
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I planted a couple that had sprouted earlier this year in large pots dug them up before we came away 3 kg all good size
Maris piper is a maincrop potato , this means that this year's havnt been dug up yet so what you are buying is last year's stored potatoes, why don't you buy some of this year's new potatoes freshly dug?
Did you buy them from Aldi or Lidl, their spuds are generally pants.
I thought Maris Piper was an oil rig 
If you have any sort of ground that you can dig up or even some big pots you can't do any better than grow your own , they are a totally different thing than buying taters that are a year old.
Dead easy, stick them in and dig them up.
Dead easy, stick them in and dig them up.
That's all very well but.... . This is the first time I've seriously tried to grow in large pots. I pulled out some earliest a couple of weeks ago. Most of the other bags have plants that are looking very droopy, some with yellow leaves. How can I tell if they have blight? I'm away for a week or two. I can't lift them now. I'll have to wait till I get back. Didn't realise all this could happen 
Depends what you are growing, are they first earlys if so they are dying as they have done their growing , the tops will die back but the taters will be fine in the ground for a while.That's all very well but.... . This is the first time I've seriously tried to grow in large pots. I pulled out some earliest a couple of weeks ago. Most of the other bags have plants that are looking very droopy, some with yellow leaves. How can I tell if they have blight? I'm away for a week or two. I can't lift them now. I'll have to wait till I get back. Didn't realise all this could happen
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We have never had much luck with growing spuds in containers of all sizes, however growing them in lines at the allotment , then benching them up with more soil when they show the first leaf growth has been the best method thus far.
Yes they do need good soil and a lot of water to grow well which is difficult with hosepipe bans.
Storage of potatoes is difficult without incurring problems, storing good potatoes in the fridge can cause black/grey bits when you peel the spuds. They may already have grey bits inside when you buy them as commercial growers store them in bulk containers at very low temps to preserve them longer to last the year out.
Green skins indicate that the spud was not buried well enough and have been exposed to daylight, they taste OK when peeled back, but general advice is not to buy or eat them.
when growing your own, Its best to dig up what you need to use for a few days, leave the rest in the ground.
New home grown potatoes cannot be beaten, simply because the natural sugars turn to starch impairing the fresh dug taste after a few hours, but still better than shop bought ones.
Les
Yes they do need good soil and a lot of water to grow well which is difficult with hosepipe bans.
Storage of potatoes is difficult without incurring problems, storing good potatoes in the fridge can cause black/grey bits when you peel the spuds. They may already have grey bits inside when you buy them as commercial growers store them in bulk containers at very low temps to preserve them longer to last the year out.
Green skins indicate that the spud was not buried well enough and have been exposed to daylight, they taste OK when peeled back, but general advice is not to buy or eat them.
when growing your own, Its best to dig up what you need to use for a few days, leave the rest in the ground.
New home grown potatoes cannot be beaten, simply because the natural sugars turn to starch impairing the fresh dug taste after a few hours, but still better than shop bought ones.
Les
PP Bear
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Nope, she was married to a French King and had her head chopped off
Who? Ms. Piper ?
Kirsten
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saw article somewhere recently about farmers who had stockpiled spuds in hope theorise would go up - no one buying them in heat as we are eating salads - so masses of old potatoes hanging about at the moment, bad call by the farmers I fear .
Just digging up my second earlies and very disappointed we cant take any over the channel re the sodding whatever it is about no meat/dairy AND potatoes ...dont know why I bother with the produce we are always going away just as it all comes into ready-for-picking
Just digging up my second earlies and very disappointed we cant take any over the channel re the sodding whatever it is about no meat/dairy AND potatoes ...dont know why I bother with the produce we are always going away just as it all comes into ready-for-picking
If you could PM your address, I might be able to help you out when passing and your not there.
PS Never heard about restrictions on potatoes before?
Kirsten
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AI Overview……..
No, generally you cannot bring potatoes into the EU from non-EU countries. Potatoes are subject to restrictions as part of plant health rules and require a phytosanitary certificate, which is difficult to obtain for personal imports.
Elaboration:
Phytosanitary Certificate:
To bring fruits, vegetables, and other plant products, including potatoes, into the EU from outside the EU, you typically need a phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country's plant health authorities.
Restrictions:
The EU has strict rules to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms that could damage crops, and potatoes are considered a high-risk item
Going mad here …
No, generally you cannot bring potatoes into the EU from non-EU countries. Potatoes are subject to restrictions as part of plant health rules and require a phytosanitary certificate, which is difficult to obtain for personal imports.
Elaboration:
Phytosanitary Certificate:
To bring fruits, vegetables, and other plant products, including potatoes, into the EU from outside the EU, you typically need a phytosanitary certificate from the exporting country's plant health authorities.
Restrictions:
The EU has strict rules to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms that could damage crops, and potatoes are considered a high-risk item
Going mad here …
Cut them off and they will be fine!
Its the same with tomato's every now and again you get a random brown bottom on some of them, its normally caused by stress!
Its the same with tomato's every now and again you get a random brown bottom on some of them, its normally caused by stress!
The brown blotches are blight! We don’t buy spuds we grow our own. Ulster prince king is spuds and delicious.
pappajohn
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As is a
As is their fruit and veg......why do you think its cheap
This year I have only grown earlies, just finished the Casablancas , never grown them before, they have been excellent now moving on to pentland javelin, only dug one root of them yet but they appear to be larger than the others.
I have gone off growing maincrop as they always seem to have some disease or other.
Lad at work used to visit his timeshare in Tenerife every spring and autumn, he always took spuds with him as he reckoned theirs were rubbish. Someone at the break table suggested he planted some seed potatoes in the spring and they would be ready for when he went back in the autumn ! 
If the Potatoes have had blight, they dont store, just turn to mush so it wont be that.
Probably scab, which is due to the dry soil conditions. This does not affect the potato too much. I can get scab in areas which have had alot of manure on it in the past
I have grown Charlotte which has done well and Desiree for storage which has done OK
Probably scab, which is due to the dry soil conditions. This does not affect the potato too much. I can get scab in areas which have had alot of manure on it in the past
I have grown Charlotte which has done well and Desiree for storage which has done OK
Maris piper vastly overrated. You want a nice Kerrs pink. Best tasting tattie overall.
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Best spuds are dirty ones.
Keep it clean though
Seriously, unwashed potatoes and root veg are always better washed at home in the kitchen.
I worked at a greengrocers as a teenager after school, then retail and wholesale fruit, veg and fresh wet fish, for a few years after.
Everything has changed so much.
Even things like strawberries
, where hulling them was so easy, just leaving the flesh ready.
What happened to Blackpool tomatoes?
The huge range of English apples ? Plumbs, greengages, damsons, gooseberries, rhubarb and much more !
Cyprus potatoes
Can anyone add anything to the list ?
Keep it clean though
Seriously, unwashed potatoes and root veg are always better washed at home in the kitchen.
I worked at a greengrocers as a teenager after school, then retail and wholesale fruit, veg and fresh wet fish, for a few years after.
Everything has changed so much.
Even things like strawberries
, where hulling them was so easy, just leaving the flesh ready. What happened to Blackpool tomatoes?
The huge range of English apples ? Plumbs, greengages, damsons, gooseberries, rhubarb and much more !
Cyprus potatoes
Can anyone add anything to the list ?
Grummyb
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My mum and dad had a greengrocers when I was a kid and dad would go out collecting blue legs early in the morning to sell in the shop never seen them since we moved although I thought they tasted bloody horrible
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