Mold on Potato Ok?

"Stressed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no, my
husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

I wouldn't eat it myself -- however, I even cover my potatoes from daylight
to keep them from becoming green, so be guided accordingly. What's a potato
cost -- probably less than something you might discard on your plate because
you're too full to eat it.

dee

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If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no, my
husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Is the skin turning green? That's not mold but a nrmal part of potato
development. See http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/horticulture/g1437.htm for more
info.

Peter Aitken

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If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no, my
husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Is the skin turning green? That's not mold but a nrmal part of potato
development. See http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/horticulture/g1437.htm for more
info.

Peter Aitken

Peter Aitken said:

Is the skin turning green? That's not mold but a nrmal part of potato

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development. See http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/horticulture/g1437.htm for

more

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info.

It may be normal development, but it's best not to eat potatoes that
turn green. They are mildly toxic to most people. If you cut away the
green part, cut well beyond where the green is visible. -aem

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It may be normal development, but it's best not to eat potatoes that
turn green

You quoted a post with a link you obviously didn't read. ;-)

Sorry, I should have been more clear. It wasn't green, it was patches
of black stuff, I thought that was mold. I always thought the green was
from exposure to sun, I'm glad to know that's true. Does anyone know
about black patches on potatoes?

Cost of more potatoes wouldn't be a problem, but time was. We live in
the middle of nowhere, so we couldn't just run out to the store. The
potatoes were to be a special Mothers Day treat for me. He bought me
the largest one he could find. It was going to be baked, piled high
with real butter, real sour cream and full fat cheese. I eat this maybe
twice a year. We will be going out to dinner in August, I think I will
have one then.

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Sorry, I should have been more clear. It wasn't green, it was patches
of black stuff, I thought that was mold. I always thought the green was
from exposure to sun, I'm glad to know that's true. Does anyone know
about black patches on potatoes?

Cost of more potatoes wouldn't be a problem, but time was. We live in
the middle of nowhere, so we couldn't just run out to the store. The
potatoes were to be a special Mothers Day treat for me. He bought me
the largest one he could find. It was going to be baked, piled high
with real butter, real sour cream and full fat cheese. I eat this maybe
twice a year. We will be going out to dinner in August, I think I will
have one then.

I've always wondered what this black discoloration is on potatoes that been
boiled or peeled-and-baked and let set in the refrigerator overnight (to use
the next morning for frying). This black discoloration wasn't there when
they came out of the oven or boiling water.
Any ideas? Or is this another question I'll pose at the Pearly Gates?
Dee

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"Stressed" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. It wasn't green, it was patches
of black stuff, I thought that was mold. I always thought the green was
from exposure to sun, I'm glad to know that's true. Does anyone know
about black patches on potatoes?

Cost of more potatoes wouldn't be a problem, but time was. We live in
the middle of nowhere, so we couldn't just run out to the store. The
potatoes were to be a special Mothers Day treat for me. He bought me
the largest one he could find. It was going to be baked, piled high
with real butter, real sour cream and full fat cheese. I eat this maybe
twice a year. We will be going out to dinner in August, I think I will
have one then.

I've always wondered what this black discoloration is on potatoes that

been

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boiled or peeled-and-baked and let set in the refrigerator overnight (to

use

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the next morning for frying). This black discoloration wasn't there when
they came out of the oven or boiling water.
Any ideas? Or is this another question I'll pose at the Pearly Gates?
Dee

Enzymatic degradation of starches perhaps? I know at least a lot of starches
blacken with exposure to oxygen or other oxidising substances. I do know
it's harmless, mind you.

Shaun aRe

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Sorry, I should have been more clear. It wasn't green, it was patches
of black stuff, I thought that was mold. I always thought the green was
from exposure to sun, I'm glad to know that's true. Does anyone know
about black patches on potatoes?

If it was a fresh, unpeeled potato, and the black was on the skin itself,
then yes, likely it was just a surface mold, probably a mildew of sorts - I
would have no problem eating the potato if it were peeled to white and
washed first, none at all.

Shaun aRe

Stressed said:

If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no, my
husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Potatoes are subject to myriad diseases.

A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the tuber
surface. These patches, called "sclerotia," look just like dried-on
soil. Unlike soil, however, these patches won't rinse off easily.

Simply peel and use.

Sheldon

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Stressed said:

If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no, my
husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Potatoes are subject to myriad diseases.

A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the tuber
surface. These patches, called "sclerotia,"

Are you *certain* you have the right word there?

"n. pl. scle·ro·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
A dense mass of branched hyphae, as in certain fungi, that contain stored
food and are capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

[New Latin, from Greek sklrots, hardness, from sklros, hard.]"

Truffles are sclerotia.

Shaun aRe - Bit of a fungiphile.

Shaun aRe: Dimwit scrawled:

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Sheldon said:

Stressed said:

If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no,

my

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Quoted message said:

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husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Potatoes are subject to myriad diseases.

A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the

tuber

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surface. These patches, called "sclerotia,"

Are you *certain* you have the right word there?

Are you *certain* you have the correct reference there... dictionarys
are notoriously worthless for abstractions.

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"n. pl. scle·ro·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
A dense mass of branched hyphae, as in certain fungi, that contain

stored

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food and are capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

[New Latin, from Greek sklrots, hardness, from sklros, hard.]"

Truffles are sclerotia.

Uni-dimensional thinking... can't even comprehend his own reference...
did anyone ever tell you that you are functionally illiterate, you are
you know, most definitely... you've just demonstated that you have the
IQ of a potato, mashed. You're way too dumb to succeed at being a LOUD
MOUTH. I'm positive yours is the lowest IQ of all who've subscribed to
rfc during the past five year period. Typical internet/usenet Newbie,
with hair trigger keyboard. Didn't yer momma teach you to put
pea-brain into gear before opening yap. Had only you'd known how to do
an internet search for <potato diseases>. DUH

There's a 'zillion' of em:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/pubs/scurf.html

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_Rhizoctonia.htm

Sheldon (grows/knows spuds)

Food For Thought said:

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It may be normal development, but it's best not to eat potatoes that
turn green

You quoted a post with a link you obviously didn't read. ;-)

Oh horseshit. The original question had already been answered. I
commented on the drift. -aem

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Shaun aRe: Dimwit scrawled:

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Sheldon said:

Stressed said:

If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say no,

my

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Potatoes are subject to myriad diseases.

A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the

tuber

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surface. These patches, called "sclerotia,"

Are you *certain* you have the right word there?

"Are you *certain* you have the correct reference there... dictionarys
are notoriously worthless for abstractions."

Yes, I'm certain I have the definition correct.

Quoted message said:

"n. pl. scle·ro·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
A dense mass of branched hyphae, as in certain fungi, that contain

stored

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food and are capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

[New Latin, from Greek sklrots, hardness, from sklros, hard.]"

Truffles are sclerotia.

"Uni-dimensional thinking... can't even comprehend his own reference..."

My question of you was not an accusation, it was a request for
clarification. The mold you described jarred with the definition of
sclerotia I had come across - I wanted to be sure you used the right word in
that context, so that I could ad that information to memory and therefore
broaden my knowledge base.

Now, if of course you would care to, could you explain how the above applies
to this potato mold? I really am genuinely curious - as I said previously,
I'm a bit of a (admittedly very amateur) fungiphile.

"did anyone ever tell you that you are functionally illiterate, you are
you know, most definitely... you've just demonstated that you have the
IQ of a potato, mashed. You're way too dumb to succeed at being a LOUD
MOUTH. I'm positive yours is the lowest IQ of all who've subscribed to
rfc during the past five year period."

No Sheldon, only you, but it's more or less the same formulaic response you
fire off to people here on a reagular basis, and it doesn't bother me in the
least. ',;~}~

I must admit though to being a little upset, that you didn't even put in one
half of a new thought before you attempted your (f)laming of me. <Sniffle>
;-(

"Typical internet/usenet Newbie,
with hair trigger keyboard."

Ha! Hilarious - I ask you a question, you fire off (as you so often do) your
little tirade, then accuse me of having a hair trigger keyboard. You do
realise the irony of that, don't you Shelly-Welly?

"Didn't yer momma teach you to put
pea-brain into gear before opening yap."

<Sigh> If only she'd have been your mother too, maybe she would have also
taught you to do such.

"Had only you'd known how to do
an internet search for <potato diseases>. DUH"

There's a 'zillion' of em:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/pubs/scurf.html

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_Rhizoctonia.htm

Thanks for the links - I will take a look at them shortly - I'm sure I will
find the information both interesting and informative. However if I do not,
I will come right back here and mercilessly flame the living [censored] out of you
of course, but surely you would expect no less of me, nor would I expect you
to give any less were the tables turned. ',;~}~

"Sheldon (grows/knows spuds)"

Good for you! We grow them too, only for ourselves mind you, but we do
rather well.

While this is on my mind, may I pick yours for a little information
regarding growing potatoes?

We were told (rather my wife was while studying horticulture) not to waste
our time and money buying commercial 'seed potatoes' (we're only talking
small grows here, allotment grows etc. if this makes a difference), rather
to just buy the kind we liked at a s/market, and plant those when they went
to seed. He gave her his reasons, and since then, experimenting has backed
up that reasoning.

Various types of commercial seed potatoes, planted at different times and
different locations, when compared to store bought ones in the same
situations, yielded comparatively poorly, suffered much more from disease,
and were attacked rather heavily by pests. The crops were also poorer in
flavour (with the crops from the store bought having vastly more flavour
than the originals too).

Could you, if you please, elucidate as to why this is/maybe, and also, with
the above (at least seemingly) being the case, why do people still buy
expensive seed potatoes?

Cheers!

Shaun aRe
--
Living Life Large Like Loud Lemon Lipped Laughter.

Shaun aRe said:

While this is on my mind, may I pick yours for a little information
regarding growing potatoes?

We were told (rather my wife was while studying horticulture) not to

waste

Quoted message said:

our time and money buying commercial 'seed potatoes' (we're only

talking

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small grows here, allotment grows etc. if this makes a difference),

rather

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to just buy the kind we liked at a s/market, and plant those when

they went

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to seed. He gave her his reasons, and since then, experimenting has

backed

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up that reasoning.

Various types of commercial seed potatoes, planted at different times

and

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different locations, when compared to store bought ones in the same
situations, yielded comparatively poorly, suffered much more from

disease,

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and were attacked rather heavily by pests. The crops were also poorer

in

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flavour (with the crops from the store bought having vastly more

flavour

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than the originals too).

Could you, if you please, elucidate as to why this is/maybe, and

also, with

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the above (at least seemingly) being the case, why do people still

buy

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expensive seed potatoes?

You're likely a cheap [censored] and other folks are not...

Seed potatoes are treated with fungicides, insecticides, and hormones
to accelerate initial growth... as are most all veggie seed. Do not
eat or feed wildlife leftover veggie seed. Seed potatoes are not more
costly... and those from the stupidmarket are generally hybrids that
won't reproduce.

Small home gardens are not to save money, almost always costs more than
store bought... it's a hobby... I just added 15 yds of topsoil @ $400,
I'm already operating at a loss and I didn't even plant yet, first
gotta start up my $800 rototiller - it will never pay for itself. I've
been gardening all my life and have yet to save my first penny, have no
expectations I ever will.

Sheldon

Shaun aRe said:

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Shaun aRe: Dimwit scrawled:

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Sheldon said:

Stressed wrote:
> If you scrub the mold off of a potato, is it ok to eat? I say

no,

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my

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> husband thinks it's alright. Thank you.

Potatoes are subject to myriad diseases.

A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the

tuber

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surface. These patches, called "sclerotia,"

Are you *certain* you have the right word there?

"Are you *certain* you have the correct reference there...

dictionarys

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are notoriously worthless for abstractions."

Yes, I'm certain I have the definition correct.

Quoted message said:

"n. pl. scle·ro·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
A dense mass of branched hyphae, as in certain fungi, that

contain

Quoted message said:

stored

Quoted message said:

food and are capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

[New Latin, from Greek sklrots, hardness, from sklros, hard.]"

Truffles are sclerotia.

"Uni-dimensional thinking... can't even comprehend his own

reference..."

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My question of you was not an accusation, it was a request for
clarification. The mold you described jarred with the definition of
sclerotia I had come across - I wanted to be sure you used the right

word in

Quoted message said:

that context, so that I could ad that information to memory and

therefore

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broaden my knowledge base.

Now, if of course you would care to, could you explain how the above

applies

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to this potato mold? I really am genuinely curious - as I said

previously,

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I'm a bit of a (admittedly very amateur) fungiphile.

"did anyone ever tell you that you are functionally illiterate, you

are

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you know, most definitely... you've just demonstated that you have

the

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IQ of a potato, mashed. You're way too dumb to succeed at being a

LOUD

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MOUTH. I'm positive yours is the lowest IQ of all who've subscribed

to

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rfc during the past five year period."

No Sheldon, only you, but it's more or less the same formulaic

response you

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fire off to people here on a reagular basis, and it doesn't bother me

in the

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least. ',;~}~

I must admit though to being a little upset, that you didn't even put

in one

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half of a new thought before you attempted your (f)laming of me.

<Sniffle>

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;-(

"Typical internet/usenet Newbie,
with hair trigger keyboard."

Ha! Hilarious - I ask you a question, you fire off (as you so often

do) your

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little tirade, then accuse me of having a hair trigger keyboard. You

do

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realise the irony of that, don't you Shelly-Welly?

"Didn't yer momma teach you to put
pea-brain into gear before opening yap."

<Sigh> If only she'd have been your mother too, maybe she would have

also

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taught you to do such.

"Had only you'd known how to do
an internet search for <potato diseases>. DUH"

There's a 'zillion' of em:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/pubs/scurf.html

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_Rhizoctonia.htm

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Thanks for the links - I will take a look at them shortly - I'm sure

I will

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find the information both interesting and informative.

Had you actually possessed an IQ you'd have checked out those websites,
etal, BEFORE overflowing yer yap... you haven't what it takes to
learn... I meet your type nearly every day... losers who dive into the
pool without looking because they think they know *everything*. I can
always pick out the brain dead, they have to respond to EVERY thread.

Sheldon

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Shaun aRe said:

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A common tuber disease is Rhizoctonia or black scurf. This fungal
disease is characterized by small, irregular black patches on the

tuber

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surface. These patches, called "sclerotia,"

Are you *certain* you have the right word there?

"Are you *certain* you have the correct reference there...

dictionarys

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are notoriously worthless for abstractions."

Yes, I'm certain I have the definition correct.

Quoted message said:

"n. pl. scle·ro·ti·a (-sh-, -sh)
A dense mass of branched hyphae, as in certain fungi, that

contain

Quoted message said:

stored

Quoted message said:

food and are capable of remaining dormant for long periods.

[New Latin, from Greek sklrots, hardness, from sklros, hard.]"

Truffles are sclerotia.

"Uni-dimensional thinking... can't even comprehend his own

reference..."

Quoted message said:

My question of you was not an accusation, it was a request for
clarification. The mold you described jarred with the definition of
sclerotia I had come across - I wanted to be sure you used the right

word in

Quoted message said:

that context, so that I could ad that information to memory and

therefore

Quoted message said:

broaden my knowledge base.

Now, if of course you would care to, could you explain how the above

applies

Quoted message said:

to this potato mold? I really am genuinely curious - as I said

previously,

Quoted message said:

I'm a bit of a (admittedly very amateur) fungiphile.

"did anyone ever tell you that you are functionally illiterate, you

are

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you know, most definitely... you've just demonstated that you have

the

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IQ of a potato, mashed. You're way too dumb to succeed at being a

LOUD

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MOUTH. I'm positive yours is the lowest IQ of all who've subscribed

to

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rfc during the past five year period."

No Sheldon, only you, but it's more or less the same formulaic

response you

Quoted message said:

fire off to people here on a reagular basis, and it doesn't bother me

in the

Quoted message said:

least. ',;~}~

I must admit though to being a little upset, that you didn't even put

in one

Quoted message said:

half of a new thought before you attempted your (f)laming of me.

<Sniffle>

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;-(

"Typical internet/usenet Newbie,
with hair trigger keyboard."

Ha! Hilarious - I ask you a question, you fire off (as you so often

do) your

Quoted message said:

little tirade, then accuse me of having a hair trigger keyboard. You

do

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realise the irony of that, don't you Shelly-Welly?

"Didn't yer momma teach you to put
pea-brain into gear before opening yap."

<Sigh> If only she'd have been your mother too, maybe she would have

also

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taught you to do such.

"Had only you'd known how to do
an internet search for <potato diseases>. DUH"

There's a 'zillion' of em:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/plymouth/pubs/scurf.html

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_Rhizoctonia.htm

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Thanks for the links - I will take a look at them shortly - I'm sure

I will

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find the information both interesting and informative.

Had you actually possessed an IQ you'd have checked out those websites,
etal, BEFORE overflowing yer yap... you haven't what it takes to
learn... I meet your type nearly every day... losers who dive into the
pool without looking because they think they know *everything*. I can
always pick out the brain dead, they have to respond to EVERY thread.

Sheldon

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<snip more of Shelly's ignorant ranting [censored]>

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I can always pick out the brain

You certainly picked your own out Shelly. Did you throw it on your hobby
gardner's compost heap with the rotten sprouts then? If you'd had even half
an ounce of forethought you'd have replaced it with one of those sprouts
before they rotted completely and vastly improved your quality of life.

You're nothing but an ignorant, opinionated filthy, big-mouthed,
[censored]-sucking gutter-[censored], and what's more, you obviously already know and
revel in that fact.

Cheers!

Shaun aRe

Shaun aRe said:

[big snip]
Various types of commercial seed potatoes, planted at different times
and different locations, when compared to store bought ones in the
same situations, yielded comparatively poorly, suffered much more
from disease, and were attacked rather heavily by pests. The crops
were also poorer in flavour (with the crops from the store bought
having vastly more flavour than the originals too). [snip]

Just in case you're actually looking for information and not just
entertaining yourself with Sheldon, I'll say that I think your
experience is the exception rather than the rule. At least it is the
opposite of our experience. We have planted both seed potatoes and
store bought ones as you did, but we found that the seed potatoes were
significantly more productive and less subject to pests. I will say
that the store bought ones were actually from a farmers market and sold
as "organic" so they likely had no pesticides, but then the seed
potatoes weren't supposed to be 'treated' either. In both cases they
were not ordinary russets or white boiling varieties. Some were
'Russian' fingerlings, some were purple. Potatoes take a lot of space
and a lot of patience, but it is quite fun to harvest them and the
quality of a truly 'new' potato is unbeatable. At this week's farmers
market I'll ask the guys at the potato stand for their opinion on this.
If they say anything useful I'll post it. -aem