What's with the marbles?

TZ-OH6 · August 28, 2013

Maybe its the soil, maybe its virus load? But my Nordic October, which should be pretty consistent if Tom was able to get it into commercial producton, is giving me marbles. Each hill has a couple of decent potatoes and then about ten marbles.

It's not lack of rain. Other varieties are not doing this. My garden is a patchwork of beds with different soil types.

**Tom Wagner** · August 29, 2013

Nordic October should set fairly large tubers early in the growing stage...anything different indicates a problem somewhere...and things happen now that it is five or more years out of certification. Not enough information to give a diagnosis exam...

TZ-OH6 · August 30, 2013

The plants started slow, so maybe the few big ones were from early and the marbles came on late and didn't have time to do anything.

Thanks for the time.

August 28, 2013	#1
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 847	What's with the marbles? Maybe its the soil, maybe its virus load? But my Nordic October, which should be pretty consistent if Tom was able to get it into commercial producton, is giving me marbles. Each hill has a couple of decent potatoes and then about ten marbles. It's not lack of rain. Other varieties are not doing this. My garden is a patchwork of beds with different soil types.

August 29, 2013	#2
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Nordic October should set fairly large tubers early in the growing stage...anything different indicates a problem somewhere...and things happen now that it is five or more years out of certification. Not enough information to give a diagnosis exam...

August 30, 2013	#3
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 847	The plants started slow, so maybe the few big ones were from early and the marbles came on late and didn't have time to do anything. Thanks for the time.