My Lenticels are swollen!

[buckbrush]

I've never had this happen before but I was picking some spuds today and they have swollen lenticels. The dirt has been really wet for the last week. Will these go back to normal when the soil dries or are this potatoes going to stay like that? Will it affect cold storage?

[CaberTosser]

If they stay swollen for more than four hours, consult your physician

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

If they stay swollen for more than four hours, consult your physician

If I was talking about my plumbing, I'd just ask you to take a look.

[huntinstuff]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

If they stay swollen for more than four hours, consult your physician

Well, my physician is an old guy

Id call a friend instead....fwiw I have no guy friends.......

[barbless]

A bag of frozen peas right between the

[barbless]

Found this
Control


When there is heavy rainfall, storms in particular, this disorder is hard to avoid completely, especially in a badly drained plot. It is important therefore to:

irrigate regularly but not excessively;
ensure a good soil structure and efficient drainage;
wait for the lenticels to reduce in size before haulm destruction;
dry the tubers thoroughly at harvest time.

[Pioneer2]

Some ice and a truss.

[yoteblaster]

Potato farmer here. You will be fine if you allow them to dry out. The lenticels are where common scab enters, so you may have scab issues later on. Much better to have your spuds on the drier side than too wet if you can control it. Scab does not affect the storability or taste of the potatoes at all. Also if you plant scabby potatoes they will not produce scabby potatoes unless it’s too wet like what you have right now.

[EZM]

Gotta change that thread header - keep laughing every time I see it.

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by yoteblaster

Potato farmer here. You will be fine if you allow them to dry out. The lenticels are where common scab enters, so you may have scab issues later on. Much better to have your spuds on the drier side than too wet if you can control it. Scab does not affect the storability or taste of the potatoes at all. Also if you plant scabby potatoes they will not produce scabby potatoes unless it’s too wet like what you have right now.

We have great draining soil but the rain has been ongoing. It was just starting to dry up a bit then we got another 1.5" yesterday.

I always assumed scabby potatoes would spoil sooner. Some interesting points on scab. Makes sense. Thanks for the info.

[Red Bullets]

The worst part of all the rain is some types of potatoes can split from too much moisture too. Definitely lay the spuds in the sun or shade and wind for a few hours before moving to storage.

[Albertadiver]

Originally Posted by yoteblaster

Potato farmer here. You will be fine if you allow them to dry out. The lenticels are where common scab enters, so you may have scab issues later on. Much better to have your spuds on the drier side than too wet if you can control it. Scab does not affect the storability or taste of the potatoes at all. Also if you plant scabby potatoes they will not produce scabby potatoes unless it’s too wet like what you have right now.

Eww.... the mental picture of scabs on my lenticels just makes me shiver.

[CaberTosser]

I imagine mounding would help with this, keep the things above the saturation line?

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

The worst part of all the rain is some types of potatoes can split from too much moisture too. Definitely lay the spuds in the sun or shade and wind for a few hours before moving to storage.

Good point. We do that every year. The good thing is these ones I’m just taking for fresh eats.

[buckbrush]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

I imagine mounding would help with this, keep the things above the saturation line?

That’s what I was thinking too. Still a little too wet here for mounding. I usually hill when the plants flower and they are just starting to get flowers (but they have decent sized spuds already)