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ScabRough, corky patches on potato skins

Scab: rough, corky patches on potato skins

Rough, corky patches on potato skins. It’s only skin deep.

When it shows up: At harvest, after dry summers

What to do

  1. Peel them: they’re fine to eat.

  2. Water in dry spells while the potatoes are forming.

  3. Don’t lime the ground before planting potatoes.

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Crops it affects

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