After the problem I had with the German Butterball potatoes a few years ago you'd think I'd learn. But no. This time I put lots of crushed eggshells in the bed, because the expert said they lacked sufficient calcium. So I dug them up and what do you know? Same problem. I did some research and found that the condition is called Internal Brown Spot and some potato varieties are more susceptible to it, including German Butterball. So now I know. The big baking size potatoes seem to have it worse, so I've tossed all of them. I'm also tossing the tiny ones. I'll keep the medium size ones because I can cut them in half to check them before cooking them. I've also kept all the potatoes from the last two plants on the end, because they were way behind the others for some reason. They're still very green. Maybe they haven't been affected. We'll see.
Next year I'll go back to Yukon Gold, and only one row.
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