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Published May 30, 2012, 12:00 AM

Growing Green - Cultural tips to prevent scabby potatoes

Many gardeners have planted potatoes. However, some have expressed dismay about last year’s crop: disfigured, dark, rough, pitted and corky, their potatoes were infected with potato scab, a disease caused by a soil-borne bacteria.

By: Robin Trott, U of M Extension educator, Alexandria Echo Press

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