My potatoes are rotting....

clkeiper · July 12, 2013

We have had 16 days of rain. 5 inches since last Saturday *double sigh*, but now that the weather is clearing up I see the one plot of potatoes ( mostly Red Norlands)is looking sad. I started to dig a few of them and they are rotting. Is this normal due to the excessive amount of rain we have had? Last summer's drought produced more than this summers well water garden. This garden seems a little clayish compared to my other plot. It was amended with leaves and chicken manure last fall, but I did not fertilize them this spring when I planted them or after that either. OR am I looking at a disease if the excessive water isn't what is causing it?

July 12, 2013	#1
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	My potatoes are rotting.... We have had 16 days of rain. 5 inches since last Saturday double sigh, but now that the weather is clearing up I see the one plot of potatoes ( mostly Red Norlands)is looking sad. I started to dig a few of them and they are rotting. Is this normal due to the excessive amount of rain we have had? Last summer's drought produced more than this summers well water garden. This garden seems a little clayish compared to my other plot. It was amended with leaves and chicken manure last fall, but I did not fertilize them this spring when I planted them or after that either. OR am I looking at a disease if the excessive water isn't what is causing it? __________________ carolyn k