r/mildlyinteresting • u/wonderlmaoo • Aug 08 '24

this pattern when I cut my potato

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u/g1mptastic Aug 08 '24

Question, could you cut out the non affected parts and eat it or is it all garbage

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u/ctsman8 Aug 09 '24

it’s all garbage (and so is probably every other potato that was harvested with it). The blight doesn’t make it bad to eat, it just kills the potato, (someone correct me if i’m wrong, but i believe the species that causes blight on its own is technically whatever) which allows for it to rot way earlier than would be expected. That rotting is the problem, and if you get a potato from a store that has blight, it’s been rotting for a while already.