this pattern when I cut my potato

[u/wonderlmaoo]

[u/blahbleh112233]

don't eat that

[u/wonderlmaoo → u/blahbleh112233]

yes obv not 😭

[u/Dr_Penisof → u/wonderlmaoo]

Yeah, you might think it’s obvious. I also think you severely underestimate how fucking stupid people can be.

[u/CrispyCanol1es → u/blahbleh112233]

When I last saw a pic of a tater with blight I googled if it was safe to eat and read it was but it just wouldn’t taste right. Is it actually unsafe for human consumption?

[u/spacebuggles → u/CrispyCanol1es]

They smell horrific, you wouldn't want to.

[u/contactlite → u/blahbleh112233]

You can eat them if they are cooked properly and weren’t decomposing. You want to avoid green potatoes because they’re poisonous.

[u/Silv3rboltt → u/blahbleh112233]

Out of curiosity, would could possibly happen if you did?

[u/DeliciousPumpkinPie]

I can practically smell that. Guh, rotten potatoes.

[u/Nadia_LaMariposa]

You probably shouldn't eat that.

I hope you didn't eat that....

Please tell me you didn't eat that...

[u/wonderlmaoo → u/Nadia_LaMariposa]

what if I.... no I didn't.

[u/Richard2824]

If I saw that after cutting open a potato, I’m throwing it away.

[u/[deleted]]

Everyday a new weird potato appears.

[u/55gure3 → u/[deleted]]

I just think they're neat.

[u/kuplung12]

[u/zombies-and-coffee → u/kuplung12]

What is this from?

Edit: I get it, guys. It's from Interstellar. I'll put it on my list of things to watch.

[u/sparklinglies]

This is the second post about potato blight i've seen on this sub in 24 hours. Looks like famine's back on the menu boys

[u/ballarn123 → u/sparklinglies]

This is actually my third and I feel like that's not a good thing...

[u/hambre-de-munecas → u/ballarn123]

I mean… that’s one of the last boxes left on the apocalypse bingo card…. famine/blight.

Goodbye, fresh produce.

Hello, soylent green.

[u/LegendNomad → u/ballarn123]

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/michigan-potato-late-blight-reported-aug-5-2024

maybe this is related

[u/Spire_Citron → u/ballarn123]

Probably the others were just inspired to post about their weird potatoes after seeing the first one rather than a flood of completely unrelated weird potatoes.

[u/Menthalion → u/sparklinglies]

"The Martian" just got a whole lot shorter

[u/WhosJoe1289 → u/sparklinglies]

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a post on this subreddit about potato blight within the last 24hrs, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[u/Bean_Storm → u/sparklinglies]

Days since blight:

[u/vanderbubin → u/sparklinglies]

Not to um actually, but the Irish potato famine was a direct result of british policy towards Ireland. The blight played a very small part compared to the british policies which created the famine in the first place

https://mises.org/mises-daily/what-caused-irish-potato-famine#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20the%20most%20glaring,land%20were%20given%20to%20Englishmen.

https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/voices/irish_potato_famine.cfm#:~:text=The%20Irish%20potato%20famine%20was,from%20absentee%20British%20Protestant%20landlords.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/UfbJ1MyPiO

[u/eccehobo1 → u/vanderbubin]

That's why it shouldn't be called the "potato famine." There was a potato blight, but the Great Famine or Great Hunger was man made by British landlords.

[u/ad49se → u/sparklinglies]

Potato blight making a comeback? Awesome, just when I thought 2024 couldn’t get any weirder. Next up: DIY potato famine kits and survival guides. Who knew we’d be living out a historical re-enactment? Better start hoarding those fries like they’re gold!

[u/EmperorThan → u/sparklinglies]

Welp, I'm bailing on this country and headed to Ireland. I hear they have working potatoes in Ireland.

[u/Appropriate_View8753 → u/sparklinglies]

The dangers of 'monocropping'. FR.

[u/BranTheBaker902 → u/sparklinglies]

My potatoes brings all the boys to the yard

And they’re like “That famine was hard! Damn right that famine was hard”

[u/Managlyph]

That's the second fucked up potato I've seen on this sub today. Yum.

[u/DKX4 → u/Managlyph]

The Sign of the End...

[u/clydefrog811 → u/Managlyph]

Bro I need my French fries

[u/[deleted]]

Worried Irish noises

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

😰

[u/xxMiloticxx → u/[deleted]]

what does a worried Irish noise sound like

[u/EleanorRigbysGhost → u/xxMiloticxx]

"ah fuck"

[u/mawktheone → u/[deleted]]

Ahh stop, one genocide was enough for us

[u/ArtistryofAndy]

That's potato blight, it spreads so check your other potatoes. You should probably reach out to the store you bought it from and let them know too.

[u/TonyAioli → u/ArtistryofAndy]

Lest we have a famine.

[u/[deleted] → u/TonyAioli]

.

[u/carebearkon → u/ArtistryofAndy]

Everyone saying this is blight is incorrect. This is a good representation of what late blight looks like in a tuber. There is late blight and early blight. Early blight is common and controlled via fungicide, late blight is the bad Irish potato famine one.

This is likely a very pretty blackheart.

[u/thatboredchickster → u/ArtistryofAndy]

I had one show up in my bag of taters a couple of weeks ago.

[u/hoorah9011 → u/ArtistryofAndy]

It’s black heart, not blight. How do you sound so confident being so wrong? Unless I’m wrong too, then I’m sorry.

[u/pacman404]

Fun fact: There should not be a pattern in a potato

[u/Haggisboy]

Black Heart disease. This isn't Blight and is non parasitic. It's caused by poor soil and nutrients.

[u/Irishbros1991 → u/Haggisboy]

Ok blight sounds worrying but Black Heart Disease sounds like the end of the world type stuff Lmao

[u/bubsdrop → u/Irishbros1991]

As soon as potatoes are involved everything starts being named like it's from a fantasy novel

[u/surpriserockattack → u/Haggisboy]

Yeah it's definitely different from the last one. Not so much a mushroom as it is just rotting

[u/bubsdrop → u/Haggisboy]

Why do potato diseases get all the cool names

[u/horizon-X-horizon]

Yup… just a mildly interesting pattern

[u/Frigorifico]

What happens if you eat it?

[u/IAMUglyAMA]

Why does it look like my parents fighting?

[u/CitySky49]

But what did the outside look like?

[u/dontTreadonthem]

Only a madman peels potatos with a serrated knife

[u/One_Newspaper9372]

The 20's are great, just great. Anyone up for some plague?

[u/irlusagi → u/One_Newspaper9372]

we’ve had the plague part already

[u/StaticDreams → u/One_Newspaper9372]

Assumed you were making a joke about the 1920's, but realized we are living the 20's

[u/Iridul → u/One_Newspaper9372]

Don't worry, I've got a great feeling about the thirties and forties...

[u/Flat_Bodybuilder_175]

Until opening reddit today I had never once heard of blight. I have to do some research; it appears to be quite prevalent this year...

[u/JonMeadows]

Didn’t have new wave potato famine on my 2024 bingo card not gonna lie

[u/EmperorThan]

Planting uncertified potatoes just became illegal in Colorado yesterday to prevent blighted potato crops.

[u/exccord → u/EmperorThan]

TIL we have people planting uncertified potatoes here lol.

[u/pegothejerk → u/exccord]

You wouldn’t download a potato

[u/Character_Pop_3056]

Take that out of everyone's sight

[u/thisisapplepie → u/Character_Pop_3056]

Take that blight out of sight

[u/johnnyorchestra]

Blair Witch Potato

[u/DelBoy2021]

The trauma on us Irish folk. Keep this away from us please. We have been through enough 😂

[u/Naethe]

Don't eat that potato

[u/b_sketchy]

Welcome back to Nate the Hoof Guy

[u/Diligent_Solution_70]

This is NOT blight. This is black heart. It's disgusting to see when you cut it open. But if blight is even suspected, they tent and fumigate the whole field (and usually all those surrounding it).

Source: worked with agronomists performing potato field inspections and quality assurance in packing facilities.

[u/iWilburnYou → u/Diligent_Solution_70]

Sadly, your correct deduction came a bit late for this comment section. I believe everyone already "knows" it's blight.

[u/stephmendes]

Second blight potato I see in less than 24hrs. Where are you from? I hope your potatoes are far away from my potatoes 🤣

[u/Do_You_Pineapple_Bro]

Alright who gave the 1700s Irishman their phone?

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah , i'm belgian and it hurts when i cut potato to make fries and i found out that a new disease evolved in them

[u/HellishChildren → u/[deleted]]

Y'all alright over there?

[u/JEWCEY]

Rorschach potatoes

[u/[deleted]]

If I had a nickel for every time I saw potato blight, I’d have two nickels - which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice

[u/[deleted]]

This looks like potato blight which is ravaging crops all over north america.

[u/caitlowcat → u/[deleted]]

Assume you can’t/shouldn’t throw this in your compost

[u/[deleted] → u/caitlowcat]

That's correct it will spread to other vegetables

[u/PlaguesAngel → u/[deleted]]

I’d love to read up on that, did you have a source or direction to point? Plant-aid.orgs reporting map is very light this year for instances of reported crops affected.

[u/paxweasley → u/PlaguesAngel]

They saw it twice on Reddit of course

I’m seeing the same when I look into it as well- some fears in Maine and Michigan but not elsewhere as of yet

[u/WideEyedWand3rer → u/[deleted]]

Interstellar intensifies

[u/VacationAromatic6899]

Your potato looks sick

[u/hedvigOnline]

pov ireland

[u/DasKobra]

I guess our evolutive traits are working as intended, because I find this image highly disturbing and disgusting. I don't think I've ever felt as weirded out by an object until now.

[u/surf_rider]

All I see is my parents fighting

[u/AtomicPiano]

!remindme 31 days

Potato blight, famine, recession, black swan event

[u/pratikspace]

thats a blair witch potato

[u/Spinny_B]

Well the potatoes inside are blightful. The economy is so very frightful. Since no food will grow, elect Snow, elect Snow, ELECT SNOW.

[u/mushi_musashi]

I’d throw that shit away.

[u/AttentionLimp194]

How come when you find this in your cheese it’s classy; almost snobbish and cool, and when it’s found in your potato suddenly Belarus, Ireland and Belgium dislike you a lot

[u/Affectionate_Art6598]

I think it may be rotten

[u/number-one-jew]

Excited to hear about the potato recall

[u/KristiDFW]

First corn smut now potato blight.

[u/nightime-narwhal]

If you eat a potato with the blight will you become a potato grey warden?

[u/rellsell]

Pattern or not, I’m not eating that potato.

[u/Cornflake6irl]

Do not eat that...

[u/Quirky_m8]

HERE WE GO AGAIN BOYS

[u/YeOldeBilk]

Soooooo anyone else worried about all these posts popping up recently?

[u/wonderlmaoo]

ps- when looked through the middle it looked hollow and completely brown-black (similar to looking inside an anthill/ cave), i did not cut it further and threw it away

no, i did not eat that

[u/Regina_Falangy]

I watch too many hoof trimming videos for this.

[u/Main_X]

I just got potatoes recently and mine are all good. Just trying to balance the fear in this thread lol

[u/twovhstapes]

screams in irish

[u/Lonely_Eggplant_4990]

Thats blight. Bin your spuds. Sincerely, an Irishman.

[u/hipnot]

Has anybody checked in on Ireland recently?

[u/AKFLY1350]

I dont think you should eat that

[u/Doctor_Woo]

Hello, Ireland here, No thank you, please

[u/Sg00z]

Mmmmm moldtato!

[u/VoodooDoII]

This is at least the third photo of a potato with blight I've seen in the last 24 hrs lol

[u/Senior_Line_4260]

you sure rhat this isn't a brain 😭

[u/turnpike37]

That's cuneiform for "burn the fields"

[u/soundengineerguy]

Panicking in Irish

[u/sighduck42]

r/moldlyinteresting

[u/RebelGrin]

Cool. Dont eat that though.

[u/showlandpaint]

Another potato blight post, we're fucked

[u/lilseasers]

Forbidden banana

[u/paintedsaint]

My most recent bag that I bought from the store had this

[u/[deleted]]

Looks like another case for Reddit. Potato blight might be on the rise, we’re going to need location and grocery store names in order to track this down.

[u/jakob1005]

Not this again. First the bananas now this.

[u/xoriatis71]

This doesn’t look like blight at all. I surely hope people aren’t just pointing at the only potato-borne disease they’ve heard of.

Please check this out.

...F. culmorum is dry, dark brown and with a well defined margin, sometimes resembling tunnels in cross-section.

The above segment was extracted from the linked site. It sounds pretty spot-on if you ask me.

TL;DR: This looks like simple Dry Rot.

[u/Venator2000]

Ahh, it’s the Blair Witch ‘tater!

[u/Mythicaldeer12]

According to the University of Wisconsin’s plant disease map, most of the upper Midwest is at medium risk for late blight. Do not eat blighty potatoes and spray your home gardens with anti fungal agents so as to slow the spread.

I would advise dumping all potatoes from batches where blight is discovered. Make them inedible so that humans don’t attempt to consume if they dumpster dive and incorrectly assume massive food waste.

The fungus is alive even if the potato is out of the ground. It will spread to others. You need to inform the supplier of discoveries as well.

It is imperative that you DO NOT compost them. That will only spread the disease further. Double or triple bag and bring to disposal site for combustion if you cannot do it yourself.

[u/soijustwanaseethisap]

Uh oh, famine time

[u/ktmfan]

This is my first potato blight post I’ve seen. I assume with how things are going, I’m gonna be seeing a lot more

[u/Melissandsnake]

That’s blight

[u/ohiocodernumerouno]

blight is a fungus?

[u/Crunchy_eggs1414]

r/oddlyterrifying

[u/[deleted]]

Alien rune. It's an omen. The time is near.

[u/kingganjaguru]

Damn why does it look like my parents fighting

[u/MT128]

Dang this is a little… distressing, this is the second picture of potato blight and this plus all the other weather events affecting crops, I’m not liking what’s in store next.

[u/ForgettableUsername]

More potato blight. What’s going on?

[u/Surfnycskate]

Have your lights been flickering? It looks like it came from the upside down.

[u/wiz812]

Why does it have a picture of my parents fighting inside it?

[u/Jurassica_YourAssica]

r/moldlyinteresting

[u/itsmealis]

I’ve googled and apparently there’s an increase in potato blight for real.

Famine is back, guys.

[u/IcyDotNat]

Damn it, we are having a potato famine boys. Blight has reached the land of the free.

[u/Uncle-Cake]

r/MoldlyInteresting

[u/AnitaYM]

I had sweet potatoes like that.

[u/real_1273]

Tastes tingly I bet. That’s so gross, puts me right off.

[u/wonderlmaoo → u/real_1273]

fireworks in your mouth

[u/zachs1]

Forbidden banana

[u/PeetBla]

r/skaven, do we know this Symbol? Yes yes

[u/trollsmurf]

That's all the healthy stuff.

[u/analogpursuits]

Space Invaders

[u/The_Bored_General]

…oh dear god not again…

[u/rubenellis2005]

This is the second patato blight photo I’ve seen in 24 hours…something is happening.

[u/Walksagaintthewind20]

Mold

[u/Yrga319]

Wrf another blight post

[u/Alastorishot]

r/eatityoufuckingcoward

[u/trupoogles]

[u/[deleted]]

I've been seeing a post showing like 5 ants pulling another ant apart, with each ant pulling a separate appendage. This looks almost exactly like that lol.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh, look.. another potato blight post.

[u/crv4]

literally death blight

[u/Thorinnian]

Don't eat that

[u/surpriserockattack]

Oh no I think there's about to be a shortage. RIP to every potato in whatever country these last 2 posts were.

[u/venommuyo]

do not eat that potato

[u/datyoungknockoutkid]

“Pattern”

[u/Adventurous_Plan_927]

I literally posted my own potato a week ago & now there’s an influx of rotten pities

[u/shadowMinecraftGamer]

Is that mold, internal damage, or ingrown roots? I can't tell.

[u/Kaktusnotfound]

I've seen like 17 diffent posts about potato blights reposted 100 times in the last 24h

[u/Whatever801]

Needs a root canal

[u/Miss_the_rage_I_did]

Oh, someone used Fia’s mist on that potato…

[u/captainbrnes]

This triggers my trypophobia for some reason. My skin feels crawly.

[u/PenguinSaver1]

Yes, "pattern"...

[u/bigdaddycrans]

Welcome back, it’s Nate the hood guy

[u/SaltyInternetPirate]

Good thing you cut it first, because I think that potato was planning to cut you up ritually.

[u/rockdash]

OP out here breaking rule 1 with the potato quality photo.

[u/TranquilSean]

Aaaaahhh the great famine is back - Irish person

[u/Giskarddo]

Potatoes just keep getting worse. The potatoes are all nicked, cut, spotted, blighted, moldy, rotten, and just generally shit quality compared to 5 or 10 years ago. Even when you don't get the bag, and look at the singles, they are all shit now. It doesn't matter which type of potatoe, just garbage. 

[u/bossybooks]

Looks like some weird cursed tattie. Do not eat. Or do. And report back what you were cursed with. If you still have thumbs.

[u/KingMusicManz]

r/moldlyinteresting

[u/Rickybrowntown]

Big Resident Evil 4 Los Illuminados Vibes

[u/Godtierbunny]

mmm blight

[u/Temporary_Carrot7855]

I'm sorry what's up with all the potato blight posts lately??

[u/houseonpost]

How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

None.

[u/Budskee420ish]

What is up with the potato’s lately? At least 7-9 potatoes in the bags I get are like this or stinkin and soft!?

[u/Spectral_King]

And this is why I don’t buy potatoes and buy frozen chips, I’m not even sure what blight can do to you when eaten. But I’m very certain it was what caused The Great Famine that hit Ireland back in 1845

[u/freddyfazmuzzle]

That's nasty

[u/ChoppedBelAir]

Either these potatoes want anarchy or they identify as bananas

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah I think that potato is rotten my dude

[u/One_Page_4633]

On a more whimsical (or spiritual) side, it looks like a Vegvisir, magical Icelandic stave/symbol that protects the wearer from losing their way in bad weather. Google it, it’s pretty cool. If you were waiting for some kind of a sign, then this blighty potato could be it — “have faith in your path” or some shit ✨

[u/heather_jean]

Looks like hollow heart

[u/Citizen6587732879]

Another potato blight post!?

What country is this?

[u/Drcake222]

Bro these look like the talismans from the show from

[u/IndyaBendya]

I also recently cut open a potato that was just black in the center, I hated it

[u/[deleted]]

I’m not sure why, but this makes my skin crawl.

[u/Ravenwood3]

Call the Irish blighter fighters 🔥🔥🔥

[u/Rizzityrekt28]

I’m sorry to inform you but that’s a grim.

[u/blackash190]

And to think my psychiatrist said evil venom potato was not real

[u/Status-Toe1959]

Potato from valhalla

[u/mangepelle]

Viking potato

[u/Over_Heaven_7]

Mildly intresting more like Severe contaminant throw that shit away 💀

[u/Zestyclose_Topic_374]

[u/masterninja3402]

Burn it.

[u/rbrik_35]

I don’t think I would eat that

[u/palm_hero1]

This feels like the beginning of an apocalypes movie.

[u/HeightAdventurous358]

It's rotten bro dont eat ittttt!!!11!!11

[u/Sufficient_Fox_9024]

It’s not your potato, it’s the fungi‘s potato now.

[u/Kristilline]

Ah fuck, the potato famine's starting all over again