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Elizabethzone8 Atlanta, GA Feb 17, 2008

I grow potatoes in zone 7/8 and rotate the plot through a 3-year cycle. Last year I ordered potato tubers from Pinetree seeds for the first time. They arrived late for my area, but I planted them immediately. The first potatoes I harvested in early summer were fine; a couple of weeks later, almost all the potatoes were rotted and had a horrible smell--reminding me of tales of the Irish potato famine (although the leaves of the plants were not affected). Question: how may this affect future potato crops, even in other beds? When is it safe to replant in that bed? Anyone know what my potatoes had?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Feb 17, 2008

Sounds like Tuber soft rot:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3106.html

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